TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toxemia of pregnancy mean? 

• TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY (noun)
  The noun TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY (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 of pregnancy" 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 of pregnancy"):

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)