A medical condition where alloxan-related substances accumulate in the blood; elevated levels of alloxuric compounds in the bloodstream.
From 'alloxan' combined with 'uraemia' (British spelling of 'uremia'), which comes from Greek 'ouron' (urine) and 'haima' (blood), literally meaning 'urine in the blood.' This medical term combines chemical and medical nomenclature.
The British spelling 'uraemia' versus American 'uremia' reflects a historical split in English medicine: British doctors kept the Greek 'ae' digraph longer, which is why older European medical texts look almost like different languages from American ones, even though they're describing the same condition.
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