toxemic

Or tox·ae·mic

[tok-see-mik, -sem-ik]

adjective

Pathology.

1. pertaining to or of the nature of toxemia.

2. affected with toxemia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of toxemic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; toxem(ia) + -ic

Example Sentences

This hot bath is rather strenuous treatment, but it is effective, if one is strong vitally, for rapidly purifying the blood and eliminating the poisons in the body in any toxemic condition.

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In the case of fever, which also invariably involves a toxemic condition of the body, the elimination of the poisons through the skin should be accomplished by methods which do not involve the external use of heat in this manner.

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I don't think it hysterical, epileptic, or toxemic.

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