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paratyphoid, n. (a.) Path.|pærəˈtaɪfɔɪd|
[f. para-1 + typhoid a. (n.).]
A fever similar in symptoms to, but generally milder than, typhoid fever, from which it can be distinguished bacteriologically. Freq. attrib. or as adj., esp. in paratyphoid fever.
1902Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CXXIII. 977 Paratyphoid fever closely resembles typhoid in its course, temperature curve, and abdominal symptoms. 1904Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. June 369 If there is suspicion of para-typhoid (or dysentery) the agglutination of the colonies in question must be investigated with the specific serum of this disease. 1948Morgan & Cheever in R. J. Dubos Bacterial & Mycotic Infections of Man xvii. 384/2 Salmonella paratyphi is found only in man where it has been described as one cause of paratyphoid fever. 1965Hargreaves & Morrison Pract. Trop. Med. ii. 91 Paratyphoid infections are caused by S[almonella] paratyphosus A., S. paratyphosus B and S. paratyphosus C. In general paratyphoid A occurs in the tropics whilst B infections are met with more frequently in temperate zones. Paratyphoid C occurs in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and the Balkans. 1972Hook & Johnson in P. D. Hoeprich Infectious Dis. lv. 588/2 Members of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi can produce an illness with all the clinical characteristics of typhoid fever—paratyphoid fever. |