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Eclampsia

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Noun

1. eclampsia

a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eclampsia

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noun
1. pathology
a toxic condition of unknown cause that sometimes develops in the last three months of pregnancy, characterized by high blood pressure, abnormal weight gain and convulsions
Compare pre-eclampsia
2. 
another name for milk fever (in cattle)

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Eclampsia

see synonyms of eclampsia
noun
an attack of convulsions; specif., a disorder that may occur late in pregnancy, characterized by convulsions, edema, and elevated blood pressure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eclampsia

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n.
Coma or convulsions in a patient with preeclampsia, occurring in late pregnancy, during labor, or within 24 hours after giving birth.

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