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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