"eclampsia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/ Forms: eclampsias [plural], eclampsy [alternative]
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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|eclampsia}} New Latin eclampsia, {{der|en|fr|éclampsie}} French éclampsie, {{der|en|grc|ἔκλᾰμψῐς||sudden development, violent onset|lit=brightness}} Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklămpsĭs, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), {{af|grc|ἐκλᾰ́μπω|-σῐς|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently}} ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} eclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)
  1. (pathology) A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension. Wikipedia link: eclampsia Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Pregnancy Derived forms: eclamptic, preëclampsia, preeclampsia Translations (complication of pregnancy): eclàmpsia [feminine] (Catalan), 子癇 /子痫 (zǐxián) (Chinese Mandarin), eklampsio (Esperanto), raskauskouristus (Finnish), éclampsie [feminine] (French), Eklampsie [feminine] (German), Fraisen [plural] (German), εκλαμψία (eklampsía) [feminine] (Greek), eklamsia (Indonesian), eklampsia (Indonesian), eaclaimsia [feminine] (Irish), eclampsia [feminine] (Italian), 子癇 (shikan) (alt: しかん) (Japanese), eclampsia [feminine] (Latin), eclâmpsia [feminine] (Portuguese), эклампсия (eklampsija) [feminine] (Russian), фра̑з [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), фра̑с [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), frȃz [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), frȃs [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), eclampsia [feminine] (Spanish)

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