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Noun: TSS
  1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhoea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons
    - toxic shock, toxic shock syndrome

Type of: syndrome

Encyclopedia: TSS

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Tsimshian language
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tsk
Tsonga
tsoris
tsotsi
Tsouic
Tsouic language
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T-square
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Tsuga
Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga caroliniana
Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga mertensiana
tsunami
tsundere
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Tsung-Dao Lee
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