WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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