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eclampsia

/ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/

eclampsia noun: a complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.

Noun

eclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)

  1. (usually) A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.

eclampsia meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

eclampsia in Tamil

பேறு கால வலிப்பு, ஈனு கால வலிப்பு, சினைப்பருவ வலிப்பு நோய், எக்ளாம்ப்சியா, பேறு காலவலிப்பு, முன்சூல் வலிப்பு

eclampsia in Indonesian

complication of pregnancy
eklamsia, eklampsia

eclampsia in Vietnamese

complication of pregnancy
sản giật, sản kinh

Forms of eclampsia

pluraleclampsias
alternative formeclampsy

Origin of eclampsia

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).

Words formed from eclampsia

Questions about eclampsia

What does eclampsia mean?
Eclampsia means a complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
What is eclampsia in Tamil?
Eclampsia in Tamil is பேறு கால வலிப்பு, ஈனு கால வலிப்பு, சினைப்பருவ வலிப்பு நோய். See Eclampsia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eclampsia?
Eclampsia is a noun.
How do you pronounce eclampsia?
Eclampsia is pronounced /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/.
What is the plural of eclampsia?
The plural of eclampsia is eclampsias.

Words near eclampsia in the dictionary

  1. eclaircising
  2. eclaircissement
  3. eclaircissements
  4. EClaire
  5. eclairs
  6. eclampsia
  7. eclampsias
  8. eclampsic
  9. eclampsics
  10. eclampsies
  11. eclampsy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eclampsia (page history and authors); eclampsia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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