Usually means: Serious illness from bacterial toxins.
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  1. toxic shock syndrome: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. toxic shock syndrome: Merriam-Webster
  3. toxic shock syndrome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. toxic shock syndrome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. toxic shock syndrome: Collins English Dictionary
  6. toxic shock syndrome: Vocabulary.com
  7. toxic shock syndrome: Wiktionary
  8. toxic-shock syndrome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. toxic shock syndrome: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. toxic shock syndrome: Dictionary.com
  11. Toxic Shock Syndrome, Toxic shock syndrome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. toxic shock syndrome: Rhymezone
  13. toxic shock syndrome: FreeDictionary.org
  14. toxic shock syndrome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. toxic shock syndrome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. toxic shock syndrome: Legal dictionary

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  1. Toxic-shock syndrome, toxic shock syndrome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. toxic shock syndrome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Syndrome, toxic shock, Toxic shock syndrome: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Toxic shock syndrome: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  7. Toxic shock syndrome: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  8. toxic shock syndrome: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  9. Toxic-shock syndrome, toxic shock syndrome: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Syndrome, toxic shock, Toxic shock syndrome: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Toxic shock syndrome: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. toxic shock syndrome: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See toxic_shock_syndromes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (toxic shock syndrome)

noun:  (pathology) An acute infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria, characterized by sudden high fever, muscle aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and fainting.

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