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WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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