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Bacteraemia vs Toxemia - What's the difference?

bacteraemia | toxemia |

As nouns the difference between bacteraemia and toxemia

is that bacteraemia is the medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream while toxemia is blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

bacteraemia

English

Alternative forms

* * bacteremia

Noun

(en noun)
  • The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream.

    • Related terms

    * bacteremic * bacterium

    toxemia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

    • Synonyms

    *(adverse reaction to infection's toxic byproducts ): blood poisoning, septicemia

    See also

    *necrosis