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Definition of: toxemia
(tok·sē′mē·ə) noun Pathol.
A poisoned condition of the body caused by the absorption of bacterial toxins from a local source of infection and their distribution by the blood. Also tox·ae′mi·a. [<NL <Gk. toxicon a poison + haima blood]
—tox·e′mic, tox·ae′mic adjective
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