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toxemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
tox-emia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

toxemias (plural) toxaemia (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

exotoxemia phytotoxemia toxemic

Phrases

toxemia of pregnancy water toxemia

Frequently Paired Words

necrosis

Synonyms

blood poisoning septicemia toxaemia toxemia of pregnancy toxaemia of pregnancy

Questions

What does toxemia mean?
Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

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