Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

    blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I had toxemia during my pregnancy.

    ruУ меня была токсемия во время беременности. — Wezel

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Forms

plural: toxemias

Synonyms

5 synonyms
adverse reaction to infection's toxic byproducts:blood poisoningsepticemia
Close in meaning
  • blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood:toxaemia
  • an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine:toxemia of pregnancytoxaemia of pregnancytoxaemia

Word family

5 related words
Relatednecrosis
Derivedexotoxemiaphytotoxemiatoxemicwater toxemia

Lessons for this word

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See also

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towerA1townA1townietownsfolktoxicB2toxicitytoxicologytoxin
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