▪ I. tox-1
combining form, repr. toxi- or toxo-2 before a vowel. ‖ toxæmia (tɒkˈsiːmɪə), also anglicized toxemy [Gr. αἷµα blood, after anæmia, etc.], a morbid condition of the blood caused by a toxin; blood-poisoning; hence toxæmic (-ˈiːmɪk) a., pertaining to or affected with toxæmia. toxalbumin (-ælˈbjuːmɪn), also -en, a poisonous or pathogenic albumin or protein produced by bacteria; a protein toxin; hence toxalˈbumic a., pertaining to or caused by a toxalbumin; so toˈxalbumose, a poisonous albumose. ˈtoxamine (-əmaɪn), a poisonous amine. toxanæmia (-əˈniːmɪə), anæmia caused by the action of a poison, usually a ptomaine.
| 1860 Mayne Expos. Lex., *Toxæmia,..a contaminated state of the blood, as in syphilis; poisoned blood; toxemy. 1881 Trans. Obstet. Soc. Lond. XXII. 283 There was a dangerous state of toxæmia. |
| 1876 J. S. Bristowe The. & Pract. Med. (1878) 124 Which so often..cause *toxæmic symptoms. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 418 The post-febrile insanities are divisible into two classes—the purely anæmic, and the toxæmic. |
| 1902 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. V. 33 As the effects of other chemical or *toxalbumic poisons manifest themselves as a psychosis. |
| 1890 Pall Mall G. 26 Apr. 6/3 *Toxalbumen is said to be the excretion of a bacillus of diphtheria. 1892 Pop. Sc. Monthly XLI. 633 It neutralizes the potent toxalbumin of tetanus in test-tube cultures. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 767 Brieger and Fränkel then described a proteid poison which they obtained from cultures of the tetanus bacilli and named tox-albumin. |
| 1902 R. Muir in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 64/2 Such a powder gives a proteid reaction, and is no doubt largely composed of albumoses, hence the name *toxalbumoses has been applied. |
| 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 735 Certain specimens of cheese contain a *toxamine, termed by its discoverer, Professor Vaughan, ‘tyrotoxicon’. |
| 1891 Cent. Dict., *Toxanemia, Toxanæmia. 1899 Syd. Soc. Lex., Toxanæmia, Toxanemia, anæmia caused by the actions of ptomaines. |
▪ II. tox-2 see
toxo-1.