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TOXAEMIA OF PREGNANCY

Dictionary entry overview: What does toxaemia of pregnancy mean?

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

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• TOXAEMIA OF PREGNANCY (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("toxaemia 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 "toxaemia 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)

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