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enteric fever

noun

Definition of enteric fever

: typhoid fever also : paratyphoid

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 Typhoid fever is an enteric fever, as was the disease that caused a devastating 1545 epidemic in modern-day Mexico. — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, "Ancient Mexican Civilization Nearly Wiped Out by Something Stuck in Their Teeth, New DNA Evidence Reveals," 15 Jan. 2018

First Known Use of enteric fever

1833, in the meaning defined above

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enteric fever

noun

Medical Definition of enteric fever

: typhoid fever also : paratyphoid

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