<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called typhoid fever.</li><li>an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>resembling typhus; typhous.</li><li>typhoidal.</li></ul>