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Abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria
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preeclampsia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated [syn: pre-eclampsia ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) 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, ...
Usage examples of preeclampsia.
Rae understood now was a warning sign of preeclampsia, but which the family had interpreted as normal for a pregnant woman.
The magnesium sulfate would help prevent the grand mal seizures that preeclampsia could bring on, especially in labor.
The Birth Center reported a normal contraction pattern, but the woman had developed early signs of preeclampsia and was transferred over to the hospital for management.
First they thought I might be in labor, and then they thought I might have preeclampsia, but in the end they decided I was just a bit overtired and dehydrated.
Nina was supposed to take it easy she had preeclampsia, high blood pressure brought on by pregnancy but she painted ?
She said that Rakic had asked to visit her lab, but that she was about to deliver her third child, had preeclampsia, and thought she might have to be induced into labor at any moment.