Definitions for toxemia

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toxemia tox·e·mi·a

Spelling: [tok-see-mee-uh]

IPA: /tɒkˈsi mi ə/

Toxemia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in toxemia (aeimotx).

Definitions for toxemia

noun

1. blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
2. toxemia of pregnancy.

Origin of toxemia

First recorded in 1855-60; tox- + -emia

Examples for toxemia

The most common immediate exciting cause during pregnancy is toxemia from faulty metabolism and excretion.

There is either a toxemia or a septicemia, with the usual symptoms of a general sepsis.

It is usually impossible to differentiate in pregnancy a lighting up of an old nephritis from a toxemia.