Both Uses of
typhoid
in
Brave New World
- Oh, the usual typhoid and sleeping sickness.†
p. 17..1 *
- Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen to-morrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.†
p. 240..8
Definition:
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(typhoid) a serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by contaminated food or watereditor's notes: Environmental sanitation has virtually eliminated typhoid from the developed world, but worldwide it is still thought to infect millions and kill tens of thousands each year.
Typhoid may also be called enteric fever.