Meanings
nouneclampsia (usually uncountable, plural eclampsias)
plural eclampsias · alternative eclampsy
- uncountableusuallymedicineA complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἔκλᾰμψῐς“sudden development, violent onset”
- Frenchéclampsie
- New Latineclampsia
- Englisheclampsia
Borrowed from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλᾰμψῐς (éklămpsĭs, “sudden development, violent onset”, literally “brightness”), from ἐκλᾰ́μπω (eklắmpō, “to shine or beam forth; to burst forth violently”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).
More words from New Latin, French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan eclàmpsia
- eclàmpsiacomplication of pregnancy
Chinese Mandarin 子癇 /子痫
- 子癇 /子痫 (zǐxián)complication of pregnancy
Esperanto eklampsio
- eklampsiocomplication of pregnancy
Finnish raskauskouristus
- raskauskouristuscomplication of pregnancy
French éclampsie
- éclampsiecomplication of pregnancy
German Eklampsie, Fraisen
- Eklampsiecomplication of pregnancy
- Fraisencomplication of pregnancy
Greek εκλαμψία
- εκλαμψία (eklampsía)complication of pregnancy
Indonesian eklamsia, eklampsia
- eklamsiacomplication of pregnancy
- eklampsiacomplication of pregnancy
Irish eaclaimsia
- eaclaimsiacomplication of pregnancy
Italian eclampsia
- eclampsiacomplication of pregnancy
Japanese 子癇
- 子癇 (shikan)complication of pregnancy
Korean 자간
- 자간 (jagan)complication of pregnancy
Latin eclampsia
- eclampsiacomplication of pregnancy
Polish eklampsja, rzucawka
- eklampsjacomplication of pregnancy
- rzucawkacomplication of pregnancy
Portuguese eclâmpsia
- eclâmpsiacomplication of pregnancy
Russian эклампсия
- эклампсия (eklampsija)complication of pregnancy
Spanish eclampsia
- eclampsiacomplication of pregnancy
Vietnamese sản giật, sản kinh
- sản giậtcomplication of pregnancy
- sản kinhcomplication of pregnancy
Cite this entry
APA
eclampsia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclampsia
MLA
“eclampsia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclampsia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eclampsia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclampsia.
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