Toxaemia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]
       2: blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the
          blood [syn: {toxemia}]