typhoidin

[ tahy-foi-din ]
/ taɪˈfɔɪ dɪn /

noun Medicine/Medical.

a culture of dead typhoid bacilli used by cutaneous inoculation to detect the presence of a typhoid infection.

Origin of typhoidin

typhoid + -in1

Words nearby typhoidin

typhoid bacillus, typhoid fever, typhoid mary, typhoid vaccine, typhoidal, typhoidin, typhon, typhoon, typhus, typhus vaccine, typical

British Dictionary definitions for typhoidin

typhoidin
/ (taɪˈfɔɪdɪn) /

noun

med a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin to test for typhoid fever

Medical definitions for typhoidin

typhoidin
[ tī-foi′dĭn ]

n.

A culture of typhoid bacilli, used to test for the presence of typhoid fever.