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toxemia Catalan
toxèmia gravídica An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine.
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Nothing that so drives out the littlenesses that poison his life and set up the toxaemia of selfishness.
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The conditions formerly known as "delayed shock" and "prostration with excitement" are now generally recognised to be due to toxæmia.
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Amputation of the limb is reserved for grave cases, in which life is endangered by toxæmia, which is attributed to the primary lesion.