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Examples of enteric fever in a Sentence
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Likewise, a Current Biology study published in July described the earliest evidence of Salmonella enterica, which causes deadly enteric fever, in northern Europe.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2018
The most likely other possibility is some sort of enteric fever, like something that is maybe gastrointestinal.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2021
The strains infecting the farmers, who lived 5500 to 1600 years ago, include the progenitor of paratyphi C, a strain that causes a deadly form of enteric fever similar to typhoid fever today.
—Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 24 Feb. 2020
Typhoid fever is an enteric fever, as was the disease that caused a devastating 1545 epidemic in modern-day Mexico.
—Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
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“Enteric fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enteric%20fever. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
enteric fever
noun
: typhoid fever
also
: paratyphoid
More from Merriam-Webster on enteric fever
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