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Typhoid Mary

DEFINITIONS OF: Typhoid Mary

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n United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

Synonyms:
Mallon, Mary Mallon
Example of:
carrier, immune carrier
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
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