TOXIC SHOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toxic shock mean? 

• TOXIC SHOCK (noun)
  The noun TOXIC SHOCK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TOXIC SHOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOXIC SHOCK (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 tampons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

toxic shock; toxic shock syndrome; TSS

Hypernyms ("toxic shock" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

C. sordelli is a rare human pathogen, causing toxic shock syndrome most often associated with gynecological infections in females.

(Clostridium sordellii, NCI Thesaurus)