eclampsia

• eclampsy

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).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/

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eclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)

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

• “eclampsia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “eclampsia”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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eclampsia f (plural eclampsie)

1. (pathology) eclampsia

• preeclampsia

• eclampsia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed 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).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈkɫamp.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈklamp.si.a]

eclampsia f (genitive eclampsiae); first declension

1. (New Latin, pathology)

First-declension noun.

• → English: eclampsia

From Latin eclampsia, from Ancient Greek ἔκλαμψις (éklampsis, “lightning”) +‎ -ia.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /eˈklambsja/ [eˈklãmb.sja]
• Rhymes: -ambsja
• Syllabification: e‧clamp‧sia

eclampsia f (plural eclampsias)

1. (pathology) eclampsia

• “eclampsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024