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TORCH syndrome is a cluster of symptoms caused by congenital infection with toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, and other organisms including syphilis, parvovirus, and Varicella zoster. [1] Zika virus is considered the most recent member of TORCH infections. [2]
The acronym has also been listed as TORCHES, for TOxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, HErpes simplex, and Syphilis. [citation needed] A further expansion of this acronym, CHEAPTORCHES, was proposed by Ford-Jones and Kellner in 1995: [17] C – chickenpox and shingles; H – hepatitis, C [18] (D), E; E – enteroviruses; A – AIDS (HIV ...
Torch (browser), a freeware Web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media; Torch (company), manufacturer of fire detection sensors; Torch (machine learning), a library of machine learning algorithms; BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone; Torch Computers, former manufacturer of computers; Torch (chess engine), a computer chess engine
The torch is a common emblem of both enlightenment and hope, [5] thus the Statue of Liberty, formally named Liberty Enlightening the World, lifts her torch. Crossed reversed torches were signs of mourning that appear on Greek and Roman funerary monuments—a torch pointed downwards symbolizes death , while a torch held up symbolizes life, truth ...
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The satirical effigy – which sits only a few blocks from the White House on Freedom Plaza – pays ‘tribute’ to Trump and the ‘very fine people’ who marched through Charlottesville in 2017
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
A man who carried a tiki torch during the racist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 has now been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.