toxaemia

/ tɒkˈsiːmɪə /

noun

1. a condition characterized by the presence of bacterial toxins in the blood

2. the condition in pregnancy of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia

Other Word Forms

• toxaemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of toxaemia¹

C19: from _tox- + _-aemia

Example Sentences

The convulsions may come on altogether unexpectedly, but commonly the attack begins with symptoms of toxaemia.

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The indication for it was that disease was largely due to a toxaemia or accumulation of poisons in the system, the modern idea of auto-toxaemia, and that these could be best removed by brisk purgation.

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This toxaemia affects the marrow and through it the blood, the gastro-intestinal apparatus and the nervous system, especially the spinal cord, in different proportions in different cases.

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Nothing that so drives out the littlenesses that poison his life and set up the toxaemia of selfishness.

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