Definition of "typhoid"

typhoid¹

/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/

adjective
not comparable
1. Characterised by or relating to typhus.

typhoid²

/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/

noun
plural typhoids
1. (pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
  Quotations
  Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world.
  2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 378