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pre-eclampsia

pre-eclampsia is the alternative form of preeclampsia.

Meaning of preeclampsia

Noun

preeclampsia (usually uncountable, plural preeclampsias)

  1. (usually) A multisystem pregnancy disorder, defined by hypertension arising after twenty weeks of gestation, usually accompanied by proteinuria, and associated with placental dysfunction and maternal organ involvement.

Forms of pre-eclampsia

pluralpre-eclampsias

Questions about pre-eclampsia

What is pre-eclampsia the alternative form of?
Pre-eclampsia is the alternative form of preeclampsia.

Words near pre-eclampsia in the dictionary

  1. pre-drunk
  2. pre-E
  3. pre-echo
  4. pre-echoes
  5. pre-echos
  6. pre-eclampsia
  7. pre-eclampsias
  8. pre-eclamptic
  9. pre-ejaculate
  10. pre-ejaculatory
  11. pre-ejection

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