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preeclampsia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pre-eclampsia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toxemia of pregnancy, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxaemia

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تسمّم الحمل — complication of pregnancy
  • Catalan: preeclàmpsia — complication of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子癇前期 /子痫前期 (zǐxián qiánqī) — complication of pregnancy
  • Czech: preeklampsie — complication of pregnancy
  • Dutch: pre-eclampsie — complication of pregnancy
  • Dutch: zwangerschapsvergiftiging — complication of pregnancy
  • Finnish: raskausmyrkytys — complication of pregnancy
  • Finnish: pre-eklampsia — complication of pregnancy
  • French: pré-éclampsie — complication of pregnancy
  • Greek: προεκλαμψία (proeklampsía) — complication of pregnancy
  • Irish: réamheaclaimsia — complication of pregnancy
  • Italian: preeclampsia — complication of pregnancy
  • Polish: preeklampsja — complication of pregnancy
  • Polish: stan przedrzucawkowy — complication of pregnancy
  • Spanish: preeclampsia — complication of pregnancy
  • Swedish: graviditetstoxikos — complication of pregnancy
  • Swedish: preeklampsi — complication of pregnancy
  • Swedish: havandeskapsförgiftning — complication of pregnancy
  • Vietnamese: tiền sản giật — complication of pregnancy