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preeclampsia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
preeclamp-sia
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A multisystem pregnancy disorder, defined by hypertension arising after twenty weeks of gestation, usually accompanied by proteinuria, and associated with placental dysfunction and maternal organ involvement.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English eclampsia English preeclampsia From pre- + eclampsia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

preeclampsias (plural) pre-eclampsia (alternative) preëclampsia (alternative)

Synonyms

toxemia of pregnancy pre-eclampsia

Questions

What does preeclampsia mean?
A multisystem pregnancy disorder, defined by hypertension arising after twenty weeks of gestation, usually accompanied by proteinuria, and associated with placental dysfunction and maternal organ involvement.
Where does preeclampsia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English eclampsia English preeclampsia From pre- + eclampsia.

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