eclampsia

• eclampsy

Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklampsis, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklámpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/

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 (éklampsis, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklámpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈklamp.si.a/, [ɛˈkɫ̪ämps̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈklamp.si.a/, [eˈklämpsiä]

eclampsia f (genitive eclampsiae); first declension

1. (New Latin, pathology) eclampsia

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014