eclampsia
noun/ɪˈklæmpsiə/
/ɪˈklæmpsiə/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition in which a pregnant woman has high blood pressure and convulsions, which can be dangerous to the woman and the baby compare pre-eclampsiaTopics Health problemsc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from French éclampsie, from Greek eklampsis ‘sudden development’, from eklampein ‘shine out’.
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