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Definition of Eclamptic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Eclamptic
1. Relating to eclampsia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclamptic
Literary usage of Eclamptic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"Caesarean section, as a means of rapid delivery in the presence of an eclamptic
attack, we absolutely reject. Charpentier shows, as we pointed out in our ..."
2. Obstetrics: A Text-book for the Use of Students and Practitioners by John Whitridge Williams (1912)
"I're-eclamptic toxaemia usually appears in the latter part of the second half of
... The clinical differentiation between the nephritic and pre- eclamptic ..."
3. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"... HIGH CARBOHYDRATE DIET AND OXYGEN experiments I believe that the open-air
treatment should obtain in pre-eclamptic toxemia and eclampsia as in sepsis. ..."
4. The Practitioner's Manual: A Condensed System of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment by Charles Warrenne Allen (1899)
"... water introduced by means of a long rectal tube high up in the descending colon.
As a diuretic and anti-eclamptic, ..."