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Definition of Toxemia of pregnancy
1. Noun. An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine.
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness
Specialized synonyms: Eclampsia, Pre-eclampsia, Preeclampsia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxemia Of Pregnancy
Literary usage of Toxemia of pregnancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"Pregnancy-kidney: This important condition is considered under toxemia of pregnancy,
eclampsia, and albuminuria. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1908)
"THE toxemia of pregnancy AS OBSERVED BY THE GYNECOLOGIST. BY RALEIGH R. HUGGINS,
MD, Pittsburg. THE success of the physician and surgeon at the present time ..."
3. Medical Ophthalmology by Arnold Herman Knapp (1918)
"... probably due to a condition of toxemia which is called the toxemia of pregnancy
and in which a nephritis is absent or only slightly marked. ..."
4. American Medicine (1911)
"It is very probable that the toxemia of pregnancy is ... metabolism and thus have
a favorable influence upon the manifestations of the toxemia of pregnancy. ..."
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