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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPHOID MARY

Typhoid Mary  [ˈtaɪfɔɪd ˈmeərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPHOID MARY

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preposition
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Typhoid Mary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TYPHOID MARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Typhoid Mary

Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.

Definition of Typhoid Mary in the English dictionary

The definition of Typhoid Mary in the dictionary is a person who spreads a disease or is held to be responsible for spreading it. Other definition of Typhoid Mary is a person who spreads something undesirable, esp bad news, and is avoided as a result.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TYPHOID MARY


anniversary
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battery
ˈbætərɪ
blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
category
ˈkætɪɡərɪ
celery
ˈsɛlərɪ
century
ˈsɛntʃərɪ
contemporary
kənˈtɛmprərɪ
covary
ˌkəʊˈveərɪ
delivery
dɪˈlɪvərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
dictionary
ˈdɪkʃənərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
discovery
dɪˈskʌvərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
glary
ˈɡleərɪ
nightmary
ˈnaɪtˌmeərɪ
overwary
ˌəʊvəˈweərɪ
unchary
ʌnˈtʃeərɪ
unscary
ʌnˈskeərɪ
vairy
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPHOID MARY

Typhoean
Typhoeus
typhogenic
typhoid
typhoid fever
typhoidal
typhoidin
Typhon

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPHOID MARY

Bloody Mary
blue-eyed Mary
February
Gary
Hail Mary
holy Mary
Hungary
January
library
Mary
military
necessary
on the contrary
primary
Purification of the Virgin Mary
Saint Mary
secondary
secretary
the Purification of the Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary

Synonyms and antonyms of Typhoid Mary in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Typhoid Mary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPHOID MARY

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The translations of Typhoid Mary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Typhoid Mary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伤寒玛丽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

María Tifoidea
570 millions of speakers

English

Typhoid Mary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टाइफाइड मैरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التيفوئيد ماري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заразный больной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mary Tifóide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টাইফয়েড মেরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Marie Typhoïde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tifoid Mary
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Typhus-Mary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チフスのメアリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장티푸스 메리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tipe Mary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thương hàn Mary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டைஃபாய்ட் மேரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टायफॉइड मरीया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tifo Mary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tifoide Maria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tyfus Mary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заразний хворий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tifoida Maria
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυφοειδής Mary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tifus Mary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tyfoid Mary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

typhoid Mary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Typhoid Mary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPHOID MARY»

The term «Typhoid Mary» is regularly used and occupies the 99.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPHOID MARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Typhoid Mary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPHOID MARY»

Discover the use of Typhoid Mary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Typhoid Mary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health
To protect the public's health, authorities isolated her on Manhattan's North Brother Island, where she died some thirty years later. This book tells the remarkable story of Mary Mallon--the real Typhoid Mary.
Judith Walzer Leavitt, 2014
2
Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
In this fascinating true story, Anthony Bourdain follows Mary through the kitchens of New York, putting a human face to a poor, desperate cook, and an inadvertant killer, and, with his signature swagger, captures an era and a life.
Anthony Bourdain, 2010
3
Fever
James M. Cain meets Elmore Leonard in this blisteringly fast debut thriller in which hijacking a cruise ship is just the first step in one man's sprint to deliverance--or destruction.
Sean Rowe, 2007
4
You Wouldn't Want to Meet Typhoid Mary!: A Deadly Cook You'd ...
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became known as "Typhoid Mary" when she infected many New Yorkers with the deadly disease.
Jacqueline Morley, David Salariya, 2013
5
Fever: A Novel
A fictionalized account of the life of Typhoid Mary, an Irish immigrant who moved to New York at the turn of the century and became a successful cook, until the Department of Health noticed the trail of disease she left behind.
Mary Beth Keane, 2014
6
Deadly
In the early nineteen hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski takes a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the case of "Typhoid Mary," a woman who is infecting others ...
Julie Chibbaro, 2012
7
Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary, a predator with a split personality, is hired by the Kingpin to seduce and emotionally destroy Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil, as the city of New York goes mad around them.
‎2003
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The Ballad of Typhoid Mary
Recounts the story of Maria Caduff, the immigrant cook known as Typhoid Mary, a woman infected with the deadly, contagious disease but herself immune to it, who carried the bacillus throughout elite New York homes and hotels
Jürg Federspiel, 1985
9
Typhoid Fever: Dirty Food, Dirty Water!
Looks at the disease typhoid fever, its causes, how it affects the body, how it is prevented, and the history of its outbreaks.
William Caper, 2010
10
Introduction to Epidemiology
An Irish cook, Mary Mallon, referred to as Typhoid Mary, was believed to be responsible for 53 cases of typhoid fever in a 15-year period.12 George Soper, a sanitary engineer studying several outbreaks of typhoid fever in New York City in the ...
Ray Merrill, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPHOID MARY»

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See the Abandoned and Inaccessible Island Where Typhoid Mary
It was the site of the infamous Riverside Hospital for quarantinable diseases—the place where Typhoid Mary finally succumbed to her namesake illness in 1938. «Vanity Fair, Jun 15»
2
Multiple-Drug-Resistant Typhoid Spreading Globally
Typhoid is found in many parts of the world, but a new version of typhoid bacteria ... carrier was Mary Mallon, a cook who became better known as Typhoid Mary. «Youth Health Magzine, May 15»
3
10 Things You May Not Know About “Typhoid Mary
On March 27, 1915, New York City health officials quarantined the 45-year-old woman known as “Typhoid Mary” for the second time after linking her to another ... «History, Mar 15»
4
The Frightening Legacy of Typhoid Mary
Five years later, she was found working in the kitchen at a hospital where a typhoid outbreak was underway. This month marks 100 years since Typhoid Mary ... «Smithsonian, Feb 15»
5
OK health officials confirm cases of typhoid fever
... "Oregon Trail" growing - or maybe you heard the story of Typhoid Mary. ... of Health is monitoring a small cluster of typhoid fever cases in Garfield County. «KWCH, Feb 15»
6
Jon Stewart lectures Sen. Thom Tillis on restaurant hygiene, free …
Sit through the brief lecture on regulations and free markets for Stewart's recounting of the Typhoid Mary story. And please, wash your hands after using the ... «The Week Magazine, Feb 15»
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'Typhoid Mary's' last outbreak 100 years ago this winter ended with …
Mary had been in trouble with New York City health officials before. She had spawned Typhoid outbreaks before, been tracked down before, was quarantined, ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
8
What the City of New York Did to "Typhoid Mary" Was Pretty Horrific
Mary Mallon, an immigrant woman working in New York City in the early 1900s, became the most famous symbol of infectious disease in the United States. «io9, Dec 14»
9
The 20% Who Spread Most Disease
The phenomenon has been observed, among other contagions, during the global SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 and as far back as Typhoid Mary, a cook in ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»
10
Typhoid Mary, Not Typhoid Mouse
The bacterium Salmonella Typhi causes typhoid fever in humans, but leaves other mammals unaffected. Researchers at University of California, San Diego and ... «UCSD Medical Center, Dec 14»

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