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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 tamponsplay

    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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