toxaemia

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toxaemia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toxaemia \Tox*[ae]"mi*a\ (t[o^]ks"[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), a. [NL., fr.
     Gr. toxiko`n poison + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
     Blood poisoning. See under Blood.
     [1913 Webster]

toxaemia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toxaemia
      n 1: an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by
           hypertension and edema and protein in the urine [syn:
           toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia,
           toxaemia]
      2: blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the
         blood [syn: toxemia, toxaemia]