TOXEMIA

toxemia, toxaemia

(noun) blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

toxemia (countable and uncountable, plural toxemias)

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

Synonyms

• (adverse reaction to infection's toxic byproducts): blood poisoning, septicemia

Anagrams

• oximate

Source: Wiktionary


Tox*ae"mi*a or Tox*e"mi*a, a. Etym: [NL.,fr.Gr. (Med.)

Definition: Blood poisoning. See under Blood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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