toxaemia of pregnancy

What does toxaemia of pregnancy mean?

toxaemia of pregnancy means "an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine".

What is another word for toxaemia of pregnancy?

Close synonyms include toxemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toxaemia of pregnancy a common word?

toxaemia of pregnancy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for toxaemia of pregnancy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.