Typhoid fever is a severe infection caused by a bacterium, Salmonella typhi. S. typhi is in the same family of bacteria as the type spread by chicken and eggs, commonly known as salmonella poisoning or food poisoning.yphoid fever is passed from person to person through poor hygiene, such as incomplete or no hand washing after using the toilet. Persons who are carriers of the disease and who handle food can be the source of epidemic spread of typhoid.
3. spic. A highly offensive term referring in a derogatory manner to a Hispanic person, i.e. born or descendant of natives of Spain and/or any Spanish-speaking country or territory in Central America, South America or the Caribbean.
The basic word is the Latin haustrum meaning a bucket or scoop. The connection is pretty obvious. Epiploic is an adjective taken from the Greek word epiploon meaning that which we (and the Latin writers) call the omentum. The Greek root. epipleo signifies to float upon - as the omentum floats upon the abdominal contents. The terms appendices epiploica and epiploic appendages are acceptable Latin and English terms describing the small fatty masses attached to the colon. Figs of Fiacre â Saint Fiacre was a sixth century Irish missionary monk who lived in Italy.