eclampsia

English

Alternative forms

• eclampsy

Etymology

From the New Latin eclampsia, after a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἐκλαμψία (eklampsía), derived regularly from the extant verb ἐκλάμπω (eklámpō, “I burst forth violently”). Compare the French éclampsie.

Noun

eclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)

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

Derived terms

• preeclampsia

Translations

complication of pregnancy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子癇／子痫 (zǐxián), 子痫 (zǐxián)

• Finnish: raskauskouristus (fi)
• French: éclampsie (fr) f
• German: Eklampsie (de) f, Fraisen pl
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• Greek: εκλαμψία (el) f (eklampsía)
• Irish: eaclaimsia f
• Italian: eclampsia f
• Japanese: 子癇 (しかん, shikan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фра̑з m, фра̑с m

  Latin: frȃz (sh) m, frȃs (sh) m

• Spanish: eclampsia (es) f

Further reading

• eclampsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

eclampsia f (plural eclampsie)

1. (pathology) eclampsia

Derived terms

• preeclampsia

Further reading

• eclampsia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin eclampsia, from Ancient Greek ἔκλαμψις (éklampsis, “lightning”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈklambsja/ [eˈklãmb.sja]
• Hyphenation: e‧clam‧psia

Noun

eclampsia f (plural eclampsias)

1. (pathology) eclampsia