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    [Noun]  | "eclamp*sia" | \ i-ˈklam(p)-sē-ə \


    1: a convulsive state; especially : an attack of convulsions during pregnancy or childbirth


    Origin: circa 1860 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin, from Greek éklampsis "violent onset, sudden development" (from eklámpein "to shine out, burst forth violently"—from ek- {see: |ec-|ex-:3} + lámpein "to give light, shine"— + -sis {see: |-sis|-sis}) + New Latin -ia {see: |-ia:1|-ia:1} {mat|lamp|};

      * Note : In reference to a complication of pregnancy, short for New Latin eclampsia parturientium "convulsions of those giving birth.";

    [Noun]  | "eclampsia" 


    1: as in spasm, convulsion;




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