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TORCH complex

TORCH complex noun: a set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.

Noun

TORCH complex (uncountable)

  1. A set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.

Origin of TORCH complex

Initialism. The TO originally stood for "toxoplasmosis" but is now understood as "toxoplasmosis and other infections".

Questions about TORCH complex

What does TORCH complex mean?
TORCH complex means a set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.
What part of speech is TORCH complex?
TORCH complex is a noun.

Words near TORCH complex in the dictionary

  1. torc
  2. torce
  3. torces
  4. torcetrapib
  5. torch
  6. TORCH complex
  7. torch down
  8. torch drive
  9. torch drives
  10. torch ginger
  11. torch gingers

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