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Eclampsia

//ɪˈklæmp.si.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy wordnet

Etymology

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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