Hepatotoxemia

/ˌhɛpətəʊˈtɛmiə/ noun

Definition

A condition in which toxic substances produced by a damaged or diseased liver poison the blood.

Etymology

From Greek 'hepato-' (liver) + 'toxemia' (poisoning of the blood, from 'toxicon' meaning poison). The term combines medical terminology to describe liver-derived blood poisoning.

Kelly Says

This condition shows how your liver is like your body's detoxification factory—when it breaks down, the poisons it should be filtering out instead leak into your bloodstream, making you sick from the inside out.

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