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eclampsia

/ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
eclamp-sia
IPA
/ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: eclampsia, éclampsie, ἔκλᾰμψῐς

Usage

Inflected Forms

eclampsias (plural) eclampsy (alternative)

Derived Forms

eclamptic preëclampsia preeclampsia

Questions

How do you pronounce eclampsia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈklæmp.si.ə/.
What does eclampsia mean?
A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
Where does eclampsia come from?
It is traced to French.

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