typhoid bacillus

noun

1. the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhoid bacillus¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Cholera, tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid bacilli were subsequently identified.

From The Guardian

The toxine of the typhoid bacillus often affects the heart, and causes what is called cloudy swelling of its muscular fibres.

From Project Gutenberg

Changes somewhat analogous to those found in the human aorta as the result of intimal proliferations, are produced in animals by the toxins of the typhoid bacillus and the Streptococcus pyogenes.

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The reservoirs, filters, and distribution system, owing to flood conditions, became infected with typhoid bacilli which caused a severe epidemic amongst the consumers.

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The typhoid bacillus does not attack any of the domestic animals; consequently all food-borne typhoid is caused more or less directly by human contamination.

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