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 TSS
      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, toxic shock syndrome]