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preeclampsia

preeclampsia

8 7.4
A serious pregnancy condition with high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in urine that can harm mother and baby
  • noun
  • /priˈiːklæmpsiə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : preeclampsia
  • High blood pressure during pregnancy can indicate preeclampsia, which may lead to serious complications if left untreated.
  • rates of preeclampsia
  • high incidence of preeclampsia

So women that deal with things like preeclampsia during pregnancy, gestational diabetes.

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Examples

  • One or two would have some serious complications during pregnancy: gestational diabetes, preeclampsia.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • On the other hand, there are countries where the rates of preeclampsia are exceptionally high.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The rates of preeclampsia in Greenland and Japan are very low.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The study participants were pregnant women without clinical complications of eclampsia or preeclampsia.

    Academic text (2015)

  • One of the issues that is a contributor to Black maternal mortality is preeclampsia, high blood pressure.

  • Preeclampsia is often associated with fetal growth restriction, which may necessitate iatrogenic preterm delivery.

    Academic text (2018)

  • A high incidence of preeclampsia has also been reported in Quito, Ecuador (Lopez-Jaramillo et al. 1989).

    Academic text (1995)

  • At the hospital, doctors diagnosed her with preeclampsia after her blood pressure became dangerously high during her pregnancy.

  • Gestational diabetes threatened her twins, and possible seizures from preeclampsia put her life at risk.

Synonyms

toxemia
vspreeclampsia
  • Archaic
1 8.7

A pregnancy illness with high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in the urine that can harm mother and baby

is a defined syndrome that can progress to eclampsia if untreated
toxemia of pregnancy
vspreeclampsia
  • Archaic
6.5

An illness in pregnancy with high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in urine

is the standard diagnostic name rather than an explicit alternative label
pre-eclampsia
vspreeclampsia
  • Specialized
8.0

A pregnancy condition with high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in the urine

is the unhyphenated spelling used in modern medical usage

How Severe

eclampsia
  • Specialized
1 9.9
preeclampsia
  • Specialized
8 7.4

Surface Forms

preeclampsia singular
preeclampsias plural

Morphology

preeclampsia = eclampsia (semi-transparent) = pre + eclampsia

The prefix 'pre-' clearly signals a condition preceding or related to 'eclampsia', but the exact medical syndrome is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

The word preeclampsia is built from pre- meaning 'before', as in preview, and eclampsia, a word for a sudden 'seizure' that can happen in pregnancy. So preeclampsia means the dangerous signs that come 'before' a seizure, which is why doctors watch blood pressure and swelling closely.