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toxic shock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
tox-i-c shock
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

toxic shock syndrome TSS

Questions

What does toxic shock mean?
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

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