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Toxaemia

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of toxemia, organic blood poisoning alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood wordnet
  3. 3
    an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

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