autotoxemia

or au·to·tox·ae·mi·a

[ aw-toh-tok-see-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. autointoxication.

Word History and Origins

Origin of autotoxemia¹

First recorded in 1885–90; auto- ¹ + toxemia

Example Sentences

He finds "autotoxemia" in his patients, found it in the reporter too, who also gravely suffered from "neurarchy with a basis of autotoxin."

From Time Magazine Archive

We might go much further and yet be sure of our position, and maintain that it is this national autotoxemia, this scourge of womanhood, that is to a great extent responsible for the characteristic American "vice of neurasthenia," and of the domestic infelicity and unhappiness which are so common in the large cities of this country.

From Project Gutenberg

If we add to the intestinal autotoxemia of constipation, the tendency to, or vice of, indiscriminate eating and drinking—of which the American people are particularly guilty—we would be on firmer ground.

From Project Gutenberg

He teaches that the law of compensation applies to health; that all disease is one and the same fundamentally; that "Autotoxemia is the fundamental basic cause of all diseases."

From Project Gutenberg

The patient is suffering from autointoxication or autotoxemia.

From Project Gutenberg