SYN: p. fever.
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para·ty·phoid .par-ə-'tī-.fȯid, -(.)tī-' adj
1) resembling typhoid fever
2) of or relating to paratyphoid or its causative organisms <\paratyphoid infection>
paratyphoid n any of numerous salmonelloses (as necrotic enteritis) that resemble typhoid fever and are commonly contracted by eating contaminated food called also paratyphoid fever
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para·ty·phoid (par″ə-tiґfoid) [para- + typhoid] 1. see under fever. 2. infection due to organisms of the genus Salmonella belonging to any serovar but Typhi. See also salmonellosis.Medical dictionary. 2011.