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NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

toxic shock syndrome n 1: 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 [syn: toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome, TSS]