toxemia

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Drake suspects that one goat who was suffering from pregnancy toxemia is long dead because she didn’t receive the medicine she needed the next morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

An otherwise healthy 28-year-old had died from toxemia poisoning caused by pre-eclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy that went untreated.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Dr. Clarkson barges in and demands to test for toxemia.

From Time • Jan. 28, 2013

The products of intestinal toxemia are absorbed and we have filthy blood, and there are a host of resulting ailments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Occasionally if shock is decided to be due to a toxemia, the toxin may be diluted by the withdrawal of a small amount of blood and the transfusion of an equal amount of saline solution.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)