Associations to the word «Toxemia»

Wiktionary

TOXEMIA, noun. Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

Dictionary definition

TOXEMIA, noun. An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine.
TOXEMIA, noun. Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates