eclampsia
Meaning of eclampsia
noun
a condition in which one or more convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from high blood pressure, often followed by coma and posing a threat to the health of mother and baby.
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from French éclampsie, from Greek eklampsis ‘sudden development’, from eklampein ‘shine out’.
Information about eclampsia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of eclampsia is: eclampsias.
- Languages in which eclampsia is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of eclampsia
eclamp-sia
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- eclampsia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with eclampsia
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