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toxemia of pregnancy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Synonym of preeclampsia.
    • Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging. 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:

Forms

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toxemias of pregnancy Number=Plur lexicographic
toxaemia of pregnancy UK, alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

preeclampsia