See Also: eclampsia(medicine)
Eclampsia(health)
eclampsia(dictionary)
pre-eclampsia(dictionary)
puerperal eclampsia(medicine)
superimposed eclampsia(medicine)
preeclampsia and eclampsia(encyclopedia)
ECLAMPSIA PARTURIENTIUM, med(law)

eclampsia (iou)



eclampsia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin from French eclampsie irreg. from Greek eklampsis sudden development, from eklampein shine out.]
Medicine. A dangerous disorder of late pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria, and fits. (See also PRE-ECLAMPSIA.)
eclamptic adjective M19.