HyperDic: typhoid_mary

English > 1 sense of the expression Typhoid Mary:
NOUNperson Typhoid Mary, Mallon, Mary MallonUnited States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
English > Typhoid Mary: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938).
SynonymsMallon, Mary Mallon
Instance ofcarrier, immune carrier(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
SpanishMary Mallon
CatalanMary Mallon

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