typhoid
noun /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
  /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
 (also less frequent typhoid fever)
 [uncountable]- a serious disease that causes a high temperature, red spots on the chest and severe pain in the bowels, and sometimes causes death- a typhoid epidemic
 Word Originearly 19th cent.: from typhus + -oid.