TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME

Meaning of TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME in English

noun

[ U ] a serious illness in women caused by harmful bacteria in the vagina , connected with the use of tampons

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — noun Date: 1978 an acute disease that is characterized by fever, diarrhea, nausea, diffuse erythema, and shock, that is associated …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — toxin produced by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus . It was first recognized in 1978 in women using superabsorbent tampons. High …
Английский словарь Британика
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — noun also toxic shock : an acute and sometimes fatal disease that is characterized by fever, nausea, diarrhea, diffuse erythema, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — Pathol. a rapidly developing, sometimes fatal infection characterized by sudden onset of fever, gastrointestinal upsets, a sunburnlike rash, and a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — Date: 1978 : an acute disease that is characterized by fever, diarrhea, nausea, diffuse erythema, and shock, that is associated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — Function: noun Date: 1978 : an acute disease that is characterized by fever, diarrhea, nausea, diffuse erythema, and shock, that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — ■ noun acute septicaemia in women, typically caused by bacterial infection from a retained tampon or IUD.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — [toxic shock syndrome] n (1978): an acute disease that is characterized by fever, diarrhea, nausea, diffuse erythema, and shock, that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — disease first described in 1978 and characterized by high fever, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, irritability, sore throat, and rash. Abdominal tenderness, …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — ˌtoxic ˈshock ˌsyndrome BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a serious illness that causes a high temperature and is thought to be …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If this is the case then the mystery which originally shrouded toxic shock syndrome has …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — Bacterial disease caused by a toxin produced by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus . It was first recognized in 1978 in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME — A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized by a highly toxic state (with …
English Dictionary of Medicine
TOXIC — adj toxic, poisonous
Interlingua English vocab
TOXIC — ~, venenosi
English interlingue dictionary
TOXIC — makalanag
English-Visayan vocabulary
TOXIC — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Latin ~um poison, from Greek toxikon arrow poison, from neuter of toxikos of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNDROME — noun see: dromedary Date: 1541 a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNDROME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing …
Английский словарь Британика
TOXIC — I. ˈtäksik, -sēk adjective Etymology: Late Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek toxikon ( pharmakon ) arrow (poison), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOCK — I. ˈshäk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch schoc, schocke heap, pile, group of sixty, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOXIC- — combining form or toxico- Etymology: New Latin, from Latin toxicum : poison toxico logy toxico phobia toxic emia
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ˈsinˌdrōm sometimes -_drəm or -drə(ˌ)mē or -drəmi noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē act of running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOXIC — (a.) Alt. of Toxical
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) Concurrence.
Английский словарь Webster
TOXIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Toxical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ( n. ) Concurrence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOXIC — — toxically , adv. /tok"sik/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — — syndromic /sin drom"ik/ , adj. /sin"drohm, -dreuhm/ , n. 1. Pathol. , Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOCK — shock 1 — shockable , adj. — shockability , n. — shockedness , n. — shocklike , adj. /shok/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOXIC — adj. poisonous, noxious, deadly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOXIC — n. poisonous substance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOXIC — I. ˈtäk-sik adjective Etymology: Late Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum poison, from Greek toxikon arrow poison, from neuter of toxikos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOCK — I. ˈshäk noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle High German schoc heap Date: 14th century : a pile of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — -drəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē combination, syndrome, from syn- + dramein to run — more at dromedary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOXIC — adj ·alt. of toxical.
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — noun concurrence. 2. syndrome ·noun a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, …
Webster English vocab
SHOCK — adj bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. 2. shock ·vi to be occupied with making shocks. 3. shock ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
TOXIC — [tox.ic] adj [LL toxicus, fr. L toxicum poison, fr. Gk toxikon arrow poison, fr. neut. of toxikos of a bow, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — [syn.drome] n [NL, fr. Gk syndrome combination, syndrome, fr. syn- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (1541) 1: a group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOCK — [shock] n [ME; akin to MHG schoc heap] (14c): a pile of sheaves of grain or stalks of Indian corn …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOCK — in physiology, failure of the circulatory system to supply sufficient blood to peripheral tissues to meet basic metabolic requirements for …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOXIC — toxic BrE AmE ˈtɒks ɪk AmE \ ˈtɑːks ɪk ▷ toxic|ally ə l‿i ▶ ˌ toxic ˈ shock ˌ syndrome …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME — syndrome BrE AmE ˈsɪn drəʊm -drəm AmE \ -droʊm —Formerly also -drə ʊ m i ▷ syndrome|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOXIC — / ˈtɒksɪk; NAmE ˈtɑːk-/ adjective containing poison; poisonous : toxic chemicals / fumes / gases / substances to dispose of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — / ˈsɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun 1. a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOCK — / ʃɒk; NAmE ʃɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun SURPRISE 1. [ C , usually sing. , U ] a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOXIC — tox ‧ ic /ˈtɒksɪk $ ˈtɑːk-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: toxicus , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SYNDROME — syn ‧ drome /ˈsɪndrəʊm $ -droʊm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOCK — I. shock 1 S2 W2 /ʃɒk $ ʃɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ shocked , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOXIC — adj. 1 of or relating to poison (toxic symptoms). 2 poisonous (toxic gas). 3 caused by poison (toxic anaemia). øøtoxically …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOCK — n. & v. --n. 1 a violent collision, impact, tremor, etc. 2 a sudden and disturbing effect on the emotions, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOXIC — adj. 1 of or relating to poison (toxic symptoms). 2 poisonous (toxic gas). 3 caused by poison (toxic anaemia). toxically …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOCK — n. & v. n. 1 a violent collision, impact, tremor, etc. 2 a sudden and disturbing effect on the emotions, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOXIC — adj.1 of or relating to poison (toxic symptoms). 2 poisonous (toxic gas). 3 caused by poison (toxic anaemia). Derivatives: toxically …
Oxford English vocab
SHOCK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a violent collision, impact, tremor, etc. 2 a sudden and disturbing effect on the …
Oxford English vocab
TOXIC — A toxic substance is poisonous. ...the cost of cleaning up toxic waste... These products are not toxic to humans. = …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ( syndromes) 1. A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOCK — ( shocks, shocking, shocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOXIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a poisonous/toxic gas ▪ Carbon monoxide is the main poisonous gas in car exhaust. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Asperger's syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Down's syndrome economy class syndrome irritable bowel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shock defeat British English (= very unexpected ) ▪ Arsenal are now out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOXIC — [adjective]toxic waste/chemicals/effluent
Cambridge English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

← TOXICOLOGIST TOXIN→