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toxemia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Autotoxaemia  \Au`to*tox*[ae]"mi*a\,  -toxemia  \-tox*e"mi*a\,  n. 
  [NL.  See  {Auto-},  and  {Tox[ae]mia}.]  (Physiol.) 
  Self-intoxication.  See  {Auto-intoxication}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toxemia 
  n  1:  an  abnormal  condition  of  pregnancy  characterized  by 
  hypertension  and  edema  and  protein  in  the  urine  [syn:  {toxemia 
  of  pregnancy}] 
  2:  blood  poisoning  caused  by  toxic  substances  in  the  blood 
  [syn:  {toxaemia}] 




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