English

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia, preëclampsia

Noun

preeclampsia ‎(usually uncountable, plural preeclampsias)

1. (pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 5% of all women, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.

Translations

Italian

Alternative forms

• pre-eclampsia

Noun

preeclampsia f ‎(plural preeclampsie)

1. (pathology) preeclampsia

Related terms

• eclampsia

Spanish

Noun

preeclampsia f ‎(plural preeclampsias)

1. preeclampsia