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ty·phoid ma·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Marynoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. Typhoid Marynoun

    A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.

  2. Etymology: typhoid + Mary. Based on Mary Mallon (1869 – 1938), a notorious carrier of typhoid who refused to cooperate with the authorities about her condition until they resorted to forcible confinement.

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  1. typhoid mary

    "Typhoid Mary" is a term that originated from a real-life person, Mary Mallon, who was an asymptomatic carrier of the typhoid fever in the early 20th century and unknowingly spread the disease. In a broader context, the term "Typhoid Mary" is commonly used to refer to anyone who, whether unknowingly or negligently, spreads a disease or any kind of harm to others.

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  1. 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 some 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was forcibly isolated twice by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of typhoid mary in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of typhoid mary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of typhoid mary in a Sentence

  1. Katherine Foss:

    Across media platforms, “Typhoid Mary” is still casually applied to contemporary menaces of public health, ignoring the ethically dubious practice of blaming healthy carriers and Mary Mallon’s persecution as a poor immigrant at the turn of the 20th century.

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