See Also: eclampsia(medicine)
Eclampsia(health)
eclampsia(dictionary)
pre-eclampsia(dictionary)
puerperal eclampsia(medicine)
superimposed eclampsia(medicine)
preeclampsia and eclampsia(encyclopedia)
ECLAMPSIA PARTURIENTIUM, med(law)

pre-eclampsia (iou)



pre-eclampsia noun. E20.
[from PRE- 2 + ECLAMPSIA.]
Medicine. A disorder of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, albuminuria, and oedema. Cf. TOXAEMIA 2.
pre-eclamptic adjective L19.