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TOXIC SHOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons
Synonyms:
toxic shock; toxic shock syndrome; TSS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("toxic shock" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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