English Explanatory Dictionary

preeclampsia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.

Word forms

preeclampsia preeclampsias pre-eclampsia preëclampsia

Etymology

From pre- + eclampsia.

Synonyms

toxemia of pregnancy
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