typhoid carrier

typhoid carrier
(Epid) Typhus[dauer]ausscheider m

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  • typhoid — (adj.) 1800, lit. resembling typhus, from TYPHUS (Cf. typhus) + suffix from Gk. oeides like, from eidos form, shape (see OID (Cf. oid)). The noun is from 1861, a shortened form of typhoid fever (1845), so called because it was originally thought… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Typhoid Mary — For the fictional character, see Typhoid Mary (comics). Mary Mallon Born September 23, 1869(1869 09 23) Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland Died November 11, 1938(1938 11 11) (aged 69) …   Wikipedia

  • Typhoid Mary — a carrier or transmitter of anything undesirable, harmful, or catastrophic. [after Mary Mallon (d. 1938), Irish born cook in the U.S., who was found to be a typhoid carrier] * * * byname of Mary Mallon born 1870? died Nov. 11, 1938, North Brother …   Universalium

  • Typhoid Mary — noun (plural Typhoid Marys) Etymology: Typhoid Mary, nickname of Mary Mallon died 1938 Irish cook in United States who was found to be a typhoid carrier Date: 1931 one that is by force of circumstances a center from which something undesirable… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Typhoid Mary — Ty′phoid Mar′y n. med a carrier or transmitter of anything undesirable, harmful, or catastrophic • Etymology: 1930–35; after Mary Mallon (d. 1938), Irish born cook in the U.S., who was found to be a typhoid carrier …   From formal English to slang

  • Typhoid Mary (comics) — Typhoid Mary Typhoid Mary, on the cover for Daredevil vol. 2 #46 Art by Alex Maleev Publication information Publisher …   Wikipedia

  • Typhoid Mary — ☆ Typhoid Mary n. [orig. nickname for Mary Mallon (died 1938), typhoid carrying cook in New York] 1. a person who is a carrier of typhoid 2. a person who spreads any kind of disease, infection, or corruption …   English World dictionary

  • Typhoid fever — Infobox Disease Name = Typhoid fever Caption = Salmonella typhi bacteria DiseasesDB = 27829 ICD10 = ICD10|A|01|0|a|00 ICD9 = ICD9|002 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = oph eMedicineTopic = 686 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|med|2331 |… …   Wikipedia

  • typhoid fever — ▪ disease also called  typhoid   acute infectious disease caused by a specific serotype of the bacterium Salmonella typhi. The bacterium usually enters the body through the mouth by the ingestion of contaminated food or water, penetrates the… …   Universalium

  • Typhoid Mary — noun United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870 1938) • Syn: ↑Mallon, ↑Mary Mallon • Instance Hypernyms: ↑carrier, ↑immune carrier * * * Typhoid Mary [Typhoid Mary] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Typhoid fever — An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella Typhi bacteria contracted from contaminated water and food. The disease has an insidious onset characterized by fever, headache, constipation, malaise, chills, and myalgia… …   Medical dictionary

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