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TORCH complex
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Etymology
Initialism. The TO originally stood for "toxoplasmosis" but is now understood as "toxoplasmosis and other infections".
Noun
TORCH complex (uncountable)
- (medicine) A set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.
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