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noun any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English typhoid English paratyphoid From para- + typhoid.
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