Medical Dictionary

TORCH infection

noun

Medical Definition of TORCH INFECTION

:  a group of symptoms especially of newborn infants that include hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice, and thrombocytopenia and are caused by infection with one or more of the TORCH agents—called also TORCH syndrome

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