toxemia

or tox·ae·mi·a

[ tok-see-mee-uh ]
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nounPathology.
  1. blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.

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Origin of toxemia

1
First recorded in 1855–60; tox(o)- + -emia

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toxemia

[ tŏk-sēmē-ə ]


  1. 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

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