toxaemia

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

tox·ae·mi·a British English, toxemia American English /tɒkˈsiːmiə $ tɑːk-/ noun [uncountable] medical MIa medical condition in which your blood contains poisons 毒血症

Examples from the Corpus

toxaemia• They were far more likely to take medicine for the sheep which suffered from anthrax, toxaemia and fluke.

tox·ae·mi·a nounChineseSyllable

your poisons contains in Corpus condition medical blood a which

toxaemia
tox‧ae‧mi‧a

British English, toxemia American English /tɒkˈsiːmiə $ tɑːk-/ noun [uncountable] technical

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Latin toxicum ( ⇨ toxic) + Greek -aimia (from haima 'blood')

a medical condition in which your blood contains poisons

tox·ae·mia

(

BrE

)

(

NAmE

tox·emia

)

BrE

/tɒkˈsiːmiə/

🔊

NAmE

/tɑːkˈsiːmiə/

🔊

noun

[uncountable]

(

medical 医学

)

infection of the blood by harmful bacteria 毒血症

SYN

blood poisoning