Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See toxemia, toxemic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Blood poisoning. See under
blood .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
toxemia ,organic blood poisoning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood
- noun an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
Etymologies
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Examples
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Autopsies of the dead animals suggest fluorine poisoning or pregnancy toxaemia as the cause of death.
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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Autopsies of the dead animals suggest fluorine poisoning or pregnancy toxaemia as the cause of death.
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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He died on January 29th of a phlegmon of the pharynx that had turned into an abscess and led to toxaemia.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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He was demobbed in February of 1919, and five months later he spent seven weeks in hospital, with a diagnosis of severe alcoholic toxaemia.
A Letter of Mary King, Laurie R. 1996
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He was demobbed in February of 1919, and five months later he spent seven weeks in hospital, with a diagnosis of severe alcoholic toxaemia.
A Letter of Mary King, Laurie R. 1996
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"Oh, I'd guess you'll be treating haemorrhage, toxaemia, ulceration, pneumonia ... maybe even encephalitis."
Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996
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Christabelle and her mother were happily buried in the Family Medical Helper, their tongues practising all the complications known to man -- varicella haemorrhagica, varicella gangrenosa, ulceration, toxaemia, pneumonia, encephalitis.
Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996
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Pathogenic spores germinate in the gut and the multiplying vegetative bacterial rods invade the haemocoel producing toxaemia and septicaemia.
Chapter 8 1994
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Vets were also doing the Caesarean for bad cases of pregnancy toxaemia because once delivered of her lambs the ewe had a better chance of recovery.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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Only women expecting twins or triplets or experiencing complications such as toxaemia ended up in hospital; everyone else just got on with it at home.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Monica Fitten 2012
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