typho-a word element representing typhus and typhoid, as in typhogenic.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Diseases ii. 66The fever may assume the *typho-adynamic type.
1900–13 Dorland Med. Dict. ,*Typhogenic.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 920*Typholysin, the lysin of cholera . [ etc.]
1863 J. J. Woodward Outl. Chief Camp DiseasesU.S. Armies iii. 87In all the cases of *typho-malarial fever,..three several trains of phenomena are to be noted: the malarial, the typhoid, and the scorbutic.
1884 Lisbon (Dakota) Star 29 Aug., A severe attack of typho-malarial fever.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Diseases vi. 109These cases are typho-malarial,..typhoid with a malarial complication.
1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 62Typhoid, in some of its forms, or *typho-pneumonia, may resemble tubercular meningitis.
1890 Billings Med. Dict. ,*Typhotoxine, C7H17NO2.
1901 W. Osler Princ. &Pract. Med. i. (ed. 4) 8Brieger isolated from cultures a poison belonging to the group of ptomaines—typhotoxin. [ of typhoid bacilli]
typho-
combining form
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see typh-