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toxemia

or tox·ae·mi·a

[ tok-see-mee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
toxemia of pregnancy.

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

Origin of toxemia¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tox(o)- + -emia

They suffer, however, from a slow, continuous intestinal toxemia or poison.

It is possible in some instances that the eruption may be an expression of a mild toxemia of gastro-intestinal origin.

It is the general opinion that in the majority of instances there is no systemic toxemia.

The most common immediate exciting cause during pregnancy is toxemia from faulty metabolism and excretion.

It is usually impossible to differentiate in pregnancy a lighting up of an old nephritis from a toxemia.

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