TOXEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toxemia mean? 

• TOXEMIA (noun)
  The noun TOXEMIA has 2 senses:

1. an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine

2. blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood

  Familiarity information: TOXEMIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOXEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

toxaemia; toxaemia of pregnancy; toxemia; toxemia of pregnancy

Hypernyms ("toxemia" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toxemia"):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

toxaemia; toxemia

Hypernyms ("toxemia" is a kind of...):

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

 Context examples 

This syndrome is observed in patients who demonstrate a state of generalized leaky capillaries following shock syndromes, low-flow states, ischemia-reperfusion injuries, toxemias, medications, or poisoning.

(Capillary leak syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called septicemia and toxemia.

(Blood poisoning, NCI Dictionary)