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enterotoxemia

noun en·tero·tox·emia

variants: or chiefly British enterotoxaemia play \ˌent-ə-rō-ˌtäk-ˈsē-mē-ə\

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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