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Toxin vs Toxemia - What's the difference?

toxin | toxemia |

As nouns the difference between toxin and toxemia

is that toxin is a toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms while toxemia is blood poisoning; adverse reaction to toxic byproducts of systemic infection.

toxin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms.

    • Related terms

    * toxic * poison

    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