toxemia
or tox·ae·mi·a
[ tok-see-mee-uh ]
/ tɒkˈsi mi ə /
noun Pathology.
blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
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Examples from the Web for toxemia
There is either a toxemia or a septicemia, with the usual symptoms of a general sepsis.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian SternThe most common immediate exciting cause during pregnancy is toxemia from faulty metabolism and excretion.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'MalleyIt is usually impossible to differentiate in pregnancy a lighting up of an old nephritis from a toxemia.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
Word Origin and History for toxemia
toxemia
also toxaemia, 1860, from toxo- (before vowels tox-, comb. form of Greek toxon (see toxic) + Greek haima "blood" (see -emia).
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Medicine definitions for toxemia
toxemia
[ tŏk-sē′mē-ə ]
n.
A condition in which the blood contains bacterial toxins disseminated from a local source of infection or metabolic toxins resulting from organ failure or other disease.blood poisoning
Related formstox•e′mic (-mĭk) adj.
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Science definitions for toxemia
toxemia
[ tŏk-sē′mē-ə ]
A condition in which the blood contains bacterial toxins disseminated from a local source of infection or metabolic toxins resulting from organ failure or other disease. Also called blood poisoning
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