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toxic-shock syndrome

toxic-shock syndrome

 
pronunciation:
tak sihk shak sIn drm
part of speech: noun
definition: a sometimes fatal disease, esp. contracted by young women during menstruation, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, and thought to be connected with the use of certain tampons that cause a rapid spread of bacterial infection in the vagina.