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.
Not only does the root spect mean âsee,â but its variant spic does as well. Imagine someone in a large crowd is wearing stilts and a three-foot tall yellow hatânow that would be con spic uous, or easy to âsee.â A de spic able person, or one who does things that shouldnât be âseen,â might shoot an arrow through that hat.