noun · uncountable · rare

eclampsia

эклампсия

Eklampsie, Fraisen

A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertensionA complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.

/ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/

» Magnesium sulphate is a very inexpensive drug that's widely dispensed in the United States to women with pre-eclampsia.

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Meaning

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(uncountable, usually)A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
Eklampsie, Fraisen
эклампсияeklampsija
a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy

Examples

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Magnesium sulphate is a very inexpensive drug that's widely dispensed in the United States to women with pre-eclampsia.
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Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

complication of pregnancy:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

complication of pregnancy:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (ékl

Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklămpsĭs, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

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