enteric fever

noun

, Pathology.

1. typhoid ( def 1 ).

enteric fever

noun

1. another name for typhoid fever

Word History and Origins

Origin of enteric fever¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The strains infecting the farmers, who lived 5500 to 1600 years ago, include the progenitor of paratyphi C, a strain that causes a deadly form of enteric fever similar to typhoid fever today.

From Science Magazine

There are over 21 million cases of enteric fever globally and fewer than 6000 in the United States each year.

From Science Magazine

According to study author Åshild Vågene from the Max Planck Institute, the strain is a bacterial infection that causes a type of enteric fever nearly identical to typhoid.

From National Geographic

On Monday scientists swept aside smallpox, measles, mumps, and influenza as likely suspects, identifying a typhoid-like “enteric fever” for which they found DNA evidence on the teeth of long-dead victims.

From The Guardian

A competing theory holds that he actually died of enteric fever that he got from the White House water, which at the time was vulnerable to Washington's untreated sewage.

From BBC