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Paratyphoid fever Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix para-

Paratyphoid fever has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever

2

Any 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.

See Also
typhoid fever salmonella enteric fever paratyphoid necrotic enteritis bacteria
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
infectious disease
Rhyming Words
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