TORCH complex
English
editEtymology
editInitialism. The TO originally stood for "toxoplasmosis" but is now understood as "toxoplasmosis and other infections".
Noun
editTORCH 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.