Meanings
nounparatyphoid fever (countable and uncountable, plural paratyphoid fevers)
plural paratyphoid fevers
- countableuncountablemedicineAny of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
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Bulgarian паратиф
- паратиф (paratif)acute infectious intestinal disease
Chinese Mandarin 副傷寒 /副伤寒
- 副傷寒 /副伤寒 (fùshānghán)acute infectious intestinal disease
Finnish pikkulavantauti
- pikkulavantautiacute infectious intestinal disease
Indonesian demam paratifoid, paratifus
- demam paratifoidacute infectious intestinal disease
- paratifusacute infectious intestinal disease
- paratifoidacute infectious intestinal disease
Norwegian Bokmål paratyfus, paratyfoidfeber
- paratyfusacute infectious intestinal disease
- paratyfoidfeberacute infectious intestinal disease
Russian парати́ф
- парати́ф (paratíf)acute infectious intestinal disease
Spanish paratifus
- paratifusacute infectious intestinal disease
Swedish paratyfus
- paratyfusacute infectious intestinal disease
Ukrainian паратиф
- паратиф (paratyf)acute infectious intestinal disease
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paratyphoid fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratyphoid%20fever
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“paratyphoid fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratyphoid%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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