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toxaemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tox-aemia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of toxemia, organic blood poisoning

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

toxaemias (plural) toxæmia (alternative, obsolete) toxemia (alternative, US)

Derived Forms

autotoxaemia toxaemic

Phrases

toxaemia of pregnancy

Frequently Paired Words

toxic toxicant toxicology toxicosis toxine toxophil

Synonyms

toxemia toxemia of pregnancy toxaemia of pregnancy

Rhymes With

systemic ischemic anemic polemic epistemic glycemic phonemic anaemic racemic ischaemic leukemic uremic

Questions

What does toxaemia mean?
Alternative spelling of toxemia, organic blood poisoning
Where does toxaemia come from?
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison, toxin”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

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