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Webster 1913 Edition
Eclampsia
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Ec-lamp′si-a
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a shining forth, fr. [GREEK] to shine forth; [GREEK] out + [GREEK] to shine.]
(Med.)
A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
☞ The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.