A condition of great physical debility accompanied by an impaired state of consciousness with features of both stupor and delirium, occurring as a late stage of (untreated) typhus, typhoid fever, and various other (usually infectious) diseases.
Origin
Late 18th century.
Definition of typhoid state in US English:
typhoid state
noun
historical
A condition of great physical debility accompanied by an impaired state of consciousness with features of both stupor and delirium, occurring as a late stage of (untreated) typhus, typhoid fever, and various other (usually infectious) diseases.