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Toxic Shock

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
toxic shock syndrome
plural
Toxic Shocks
possessive
Toxic Shock's
pluralpossessive
Toxic Shocks'