Pronunciation: (par"u-tī'foid), [key] Pathol.
Also called paraty'phoid fe"ver. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
1. of or pertaining to paratyphoid.
2. resembling typhoid.
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