toxaemia of pregnancy

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toxaemia of pregnancy - an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urinetoxaemia, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancyillness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organismeclampsia - a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancypreeclampsia, pre-eclampsia - abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated