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Toxemia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A condition in which the blood contains toxins produced by body cells at a local source of infection or derived from the growth of microorganisms. Also called blood poisoning.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The presence of a toxic substance or substances in the blood; septicemia; blood-poisoning.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood

n. an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine

Word Usage

"Extremely severe pre-eclampsia also known as toxemia; women who had rheumatic fever when children, who hoped to have babies but whose hearts prove unequal to the stress of labor; etc."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

septicaemia septicemia blood poisoning

Cross Reference

necrosis

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

septicemia blood poisoning

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

trimesters preeclampsia hyperthyroidism hypokalemia oedema trimester arteriosclerosis hypercholesterolemia microalbuminuria albuminuria