typho-
(taɪfəʊ)
ad. Gr. τῡϕο-, combining form of τῦϕος (see typhus): used as combining form of typhus or typhoid, in recent terms of pathology, etc. typho-adyˈnamic a. [adynamic], characterized by prostration as in typhus or typhoid fever. typhogenic (-ˈdʒɛnɪk) a. [see -gen and -ic], producing typhus or typhoid fever. typholysin (taɪˈfɒlɪsɪn), a lysin which destroys the bacilli of typhoid fever. typhomalarial (-məˈlɛərɪəl) a., applied to a fever exhibiting both typhoid and malarial symptoms, or to typhoid fever with malarial complications or of supposed malarial origin. ˌtyphopneuˈmonia, pneumonia complicated with typhoid fever, or exhibiting typhoid symptoms. typhoˈtoxin [see toxin], a poisonous ptomaine obtained from cultures of the bacillus of typhoid fever.
| 1898 P. Manson Trop. Diseases ii. 66 The 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 Diseases U.S. Armies iii. 87 In 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. 109 These cases are typho-malarial,..typhoid with a malarial complication. |
| 1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 62 Typhoid, 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) 8 Brieger isolated from cultures [of typhoid bacilli] a poison belonging to the group of ptomaines—typhotoxin. |