eclampsia

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Etymology

From the New Latin eclampsia, after a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἐκλαμψία (eklampsía), derived regularly from the extant verb ἐκλάμπω (eklámpō, “I burst forth violently”). Compare the French éclampsie.

Noun

eclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)

  1. (pathology) A complication of pregnancy characterized by convulsions and coma.

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Italian

Noun

eclampsia f (plural eclampsie)

  1. (pathology) eclampsia

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Spanish

Noun

eclampsia f (plural eclampsias)

  1. eclampsia
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