eclampsia
[ih-klamp-see-uh]
- a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions.
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Origin of eclampsia
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Eclampsia, first described by Hippocrates 2,400 years ago, is the medical name for seizures during pregnancy.
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Historical Examples of eclampsia
Eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.
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After death the heart, kidneys, and liver showed all the signs of eclampsia.
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When the eclampsia is inevitable the question of inducing labor arises.
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Veit introduced the use of morphine in eclampsia, and Winckel the use of chloral.
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Baker of Alabama in 1859 first gave veratrum viride in eclampsia.
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eclampsia
- pathol a toxic condition of unknown cause that sometimes develops in the last three months of pregnancy, characterized by high blood pressure, abnormal weight gain and convulsionsCompare pre-eclampsia
- another name for milk fever (in cattle)
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Word Origin for eclampsia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek eklampsis a shining forth, from eklampein, from lampein to shine
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eclampsia
(ĭ-klămp′sē-ə)- Coma or convulsions in a patient with preeclampsia, occurring in late pregnancy, during labor, or within 24 hours after parturition.
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