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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
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| Wa·ter·house-Fride·rich·sen syn·drome [ wàwtər howss frídriksən sìndrōm ] |
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severe complication of meningitis: a rare disorder caused by massive invasion of the blood by meningococcus organisms resulting in organ failure, coma, and death unless effective antibiotics and other treatments are quickly provided
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| [Early 20th century. After the British physician Rupert Waterhouse (1873-1958) and the Danish pediatrician Carl Friderichsen (b. 1886)] |
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