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Noun: toxic shock
  1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhoea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons
    - toxic shock syndrome, TSS

Derived forms: toxic shocks

Type of: syndrome

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