HyperDic: toxemia_of_pregnancy

English > 1 sense of the expression toxemia of pregnancy:
NOUNstatetoxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemiaan abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine
English > toxemia of pregnancy: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine.
Synonymstoxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia
NarrowereclampsiaA toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy
preeclampsia, pre-eclampsiaAbnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria
Broaderillness, unwellness, malady, sicknessimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Spanishtoxemia
Catalantoxèmia gravídica, toxèmia

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