TORCH syndrome

TORCH syndrome definition - medical

TORCH syndrome (tôrch)

noun
A group of congenital infections with similar clinical manifestations: toxoplasmosis (T), other infections (O), rubella (R), cytomegalovirus infection (C), and herpes simplex (H).

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