Eclampsia

[ek'læmpsiә]

Definition

(noun.) a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy.

Checker: Pamela--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

Typist: Marion

Definition

n. a term often erroneously applied as synonymous with epilepsy while it is really the equivalent of convulsions but usually restricted to such as are due to such local or general causes as teething child-bearing &c.—also Eclamp′sy.—adj. Eclamp′tic.

Editor: Woodrow