walking typhoid

walk·ing ty·phoid

typhoid fever of insufficient severity to curtail the patient's routine activities.

Synonym(s): ambulatory typhoid, latent typhoid

walking typhoid

Etymology: AS, wealcan, to roam; Gk, typhos, fever, eidos, form

an ambulatory subclinical case of typhoid fever. The person may be infected with typhoid but have mild symptoms that do not interfere with the activities of daily living.

walk·ing ty·phoid

(wawking tīfoyd)

Typhoid fever of insufficient severity to curtail the patient's routine activities. Also called ambulatory typhoid.