toxemia

English

Alternative forms

• toxaemia (UK)

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Noun

toxemia (countable and uncountable, plural toxemias)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• toxemia of pregnancy
• water toxemia

Translations

Translations

Finnish: toksemia, myrkkyverisyys Welsh: gwenwyn gwaed m

See also

• necrosis

Anagrams

• oximate