Antityphoid

/ˌæn.tɪˈtaɪ.fɔɪd/ adjective

Acting against or preventing typhoid fever or typhoid bacteria.

From anti- (against) + typhoid (resembling typhus, a disease), from Greek typhos (smoke, stupor) + -oid (resembling). The term emerged in the late 1800s with typhoid vaccines and treatments.

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