SINCE 1828
enterotoxemia
noun
en·tero·tox·emia
variants:
or chiefly British enterotoxaemia \ ˌent-ə-rō-ˌtäk-ˈsē-mē-ə 
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Medical Definition of enterotoxemia
: a disease (as pulpy kidney disease of lambs) attributed to absorption of a toxin from the intestine
— called also overeating disease
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