TOXIC SHOCK

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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