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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A severe inflammatory eruption of the skin and mucous membranes, usually occurring in children and young adults following a respiratory infection or as an allergic reaction to drugs or other substances.

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  1. n. medicine A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.

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  1. After Albert Mason Stevens (1884-1945) and Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894-1934), American pediatricians. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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