Definitions for eclampsia

eclampsia ec·lamp·si·a

Spelling: [ih-klamp-see-uh]
IPA: /ɪˈklæmp si ə/

Eclampsia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 608 anagrams from letters in eclampsia (aaceilmps).

Definitions for eclampsia

noun

  1. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions.

Origin of eclampsia

1855-60; New Latin Greek éklamps(is) sudden development (ek- ec- + lámp(ein) to shine + -sis -sis + -ia -ia

Examples for eclampsia

eclampsia, first described by Hippocrates 2,400 years ago, is the medical name for seizures during pregnancy.

This operation is advocated by some obstetricians in certain cases of eclampsia and placenta prvia.

Peterson reviewed 500 cases of cesarean section for eclampsia done by 259 operators in various countries.

When the eclampsia is inevitable the question of inducing labor arises.

After death the heart, kidneys, and liver showed all the signs of eclampsia.

Veit introduced the use of morphine in eclampsia, and Winckel the use of chloral.

In eclampsia it diverts blood from the brain and depresses the motor neurons of the spinal cord.

Poison was of course suspected; but her death was really caused by puerperal convulsions (eclampsia).

Baker of Alabama in 1859 first gave veratrum viride in eclampsia.

eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.

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