preeclampsia

See also: preëclampsia and pre-eclampsia

English

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia, preëclampsia

Etymology

From pre- +‎ eclampsia.

Noun

preeclampsia (usually uncountable, plural preeclampsias)

1. (pathology) 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.

Synonyms

• (dated) toxemia of pregnancy

Translations

complication of pregnancy

• Catalan: preeclàmpsia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子癇前期 / 子痫前期 (zǐxián qiánqī)

• Czech: preeklampsie f
• Dutch: pre-eclampsie f, zwangerschapsvergiftiging (nl) f
• Finnish: raskausmyrkytys (fi), pre-eklampsia (fi)
• French: pré-éclampsie (fr) f
• Greek: προεκλαμψία (el) f (proeklampsía)
• Irish: réamheaclaimsia f
• Italian: preeclampsia f
• Polish: preeklampsja (pl) f, stan przedrzucawkowy f
• Spanish: preeclampsia (es) f
• Swedish: graviditetstoxikos, preeklampsi, havandeskapsförgiftning c

Italian

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia

Noun

preeclampsia f (plural preeclampsie)

1. (pathology) preeclampsia

Related terms

• eclampsia

Spanish

Etymology

From pre- +‎ eclampsia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeeˈklambsja/ [pɾe.eˈklãmb.sja]
• Rhymes: -ambsja
• Syllabification: pre‧e‧clamp‧sia

Noun

preeclampsia f (plural preeclampsias)

1. (pathology) preeclampsia

Further reading

• “preeclampsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10