Definition of Eclampsy

1. n. Same as Eclampsia.

Definition of Eclampsy

1. Noun. (archaic) eclampsia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eclampsy

1. toxemia in late pregnancy [n ECLAMPSIES]

Medical Definition of Eclampsy

1. Convulsions and coma occurring in a pregnant or puerperal woman, associated with preeclampsia, i.e., with hypertension, oedema, and/or proteinuria. Origin: Gr. Eklampein = to shine forth This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclampsy

ecky
ecky-becky
ecky thump
eclabium
eclair
eclaircise
eclaircised
eclaircises
eclaircising
eclairs
eclampsia
eclampsias
eclampsies
eclampsy (current term)
eclamptic
eclamptic retinopathy
eclamptogenic
eclarite
eclat
eclats
eclectic
eclectic method
eclectically
eclecticise
eclecticised
eclecticises
eclecticising
eclecticism

Literary usage of Eclampsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Seguin (1876)
"For instance, in a case of forceps delivery, ending the following day in death, the phenomena of eclampsy priming those of uremia, the temperature starts at ..."

2. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Séguin (1876)
"This is true of uremia in encephalopathy of the neo-nati, in scarlatina and in Bright's disease, but not as a complication in puerperal eclampsy. ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1875)
"5th, her 3r<l pregnancy; natural labour 6 hours; no PPH; 9 hours after, seized with a fit of eclampsy ; treated as usual; no return ; went on well, ..."

4. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal (1852)
"As to eclampsy, during the stage of febrile heat, ... consequently there is a more natural combination between eclampsy and headache of a nervous or ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1868)
"... were in children who were likewise afflicted with rickets, and in all of these the convulsions were of the kind called essential convulsions (eclampsy). ..."

6. The Diagnosis of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and their by John Russell Reynolds (1855)
"The idiopathic eclampsy of children and the epilepsy of adults present no definable pathological difference, except that the former is an acute, ..."

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