autotoxaemia

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Etymology[edit]

auto- +‎ toxaemia

Noun[edit]

autotoxaemia (usually uncountable, plural autotoxaemias)

  1. autointoxication
    • 1923, Dr. Wilfred Harris, MD, Multiple Peripheral Neuritis[1]:
      The strong family tendency to these symptoms with haematoporphyrinuria in these cases is practically conclusive evidence of an autotoxaemia being the origin of the syndrome.