toxic shock syndrome

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• March 4. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  toxic shock syndrome — noun — english

  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