eclampsia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ec=lamp=si=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

eclampsia, n. [NL., from Gr. a shining forth, fr. to shine forth; out + to shine.].

 A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.  [1913 Webster]
" The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eclampsia, n. a condition involving convulsions leading to coma, occurring esp. in pregnant women.

Derivative

eclamptic adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. F eclampsie f. Gk eklampsis sudden development f. eklampo shine forth

THESAURUS

eclampsia

Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic epilepsy, blockage, cardiac epilepsy, clonic spasm, clonus, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, cramp, cursive epilepsy, diurnal epilepsy, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epitasis, falling sickness, fit, focal epilepsy, frenzy, grand mal, grip, haute mal, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, lockjaw, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, orgasm, paroxysm, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, reflex epilepsy, rotatoria, seizure, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, sexual climax, spasm, stoppage, stroke, tardy epilepsy, tetanus, tetany, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation