toxaemia

toxaemia or US toxemia [tox-seem-ya]

Noun

1. a form of blood poisoning caused by toxins released by bacteria at a wound or other site of infection

2. a condition in pregnant women characterized by high blood pressure [Latin toxicum poison + haima blood]

toxaemic or US
toxemic adj

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toxemia, toxaemia

1. a condition of illness due to the presence in the bloodstream of toxins.
2. blood poisoning. — toxemic, toxaemic, adj.

See also: Blood and Blood Vessels

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	toxaemia - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism eclampsia - a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy pre-eclampsia, preeclampsia - abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated
	2.	toxaemia - blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood toxemia blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection