WordNet
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 high-absorbency tampons [syn: toxic shock syndrome, TSS]
Usage examples of "toxic shock".
Even if no one answered, he didnt want anyone to hear him say Toxic Shock.
Much of his swollen, mottled flesh died before he did, turning a pale necrotic blue, but toxic shock finally stopped his heart only minutes after his exposure to the contaminated air.
Without antibiotics, death from hemorrhage, respiratory failure or toxic shock follows in a few days.
Without antibiotics, death from haemorrhage, respiratory failure or toxic shock follows in a few days.
Staph is thought to cause toxic shock syndrome in women, and toxic shock in post-surgical patients.
By Fireday the remaining four men who had done no more than smell the dog's breath checked out with toxic shock.