toxemia

toxemia

As defined by the 1997 Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary: a disorder of unknown cause that is peculiar to pregnancy, is usually of sudden onset, is marked by hypertension, albuminuria, edemaSwelling,-water-retention,-puffiness.-(a..., headache, and visual disturbances, and may or may not be accompanied by convulsions (emphasis added)

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