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- a variation of toxemia.
toxaemia
British
/ tɒkˈsiːmɪə /
noun
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a condition characterized by the presence of bacterial toxins in the blood
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the condition in pregnancy of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of toxaemia
C19: from tox- + -aemia
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