Term: toxic shock: 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
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: anterior meningeal artery: branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: beef fondue: cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: youth movement: political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: aleuria aurantia: a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: water moccasin: venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: whole snipe: common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: cession: the act of ceding
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: pyuria: presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: sialadenitis: inflammation of the salivary glands
Broader: syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | Unrelated: vaporizer: a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)