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toxaemia

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noun

  1. a condition characterized by the presence of bacterial toxins in the blood
  2. the condition in pregnancy of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ³Ù´Ç³æˈ²¹±ð³¾¾±³¦, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toxaemia1

C19: from tox- + -aemia
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The convulsions may come on altogether unexpectedly, but commonly the attack begins with symptoms of toxaemia.

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The indication for it was that disease was largely due to a toxaemia or accumulation of poisons in the system, the modern idea of auto-toxaemia, and that these could be best removed by brisk purgation.

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This toxaemia affects the marrow and through it the blood, the gastro-intestinal apparatus and the nervous system, especially the spinal cord, in different proportions in different cases.

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Nothing that so drives out the littlenesses that poison his life and set up the toxaemia of selfishness.

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