eclampsia

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Recent Examples of eclampsia She was rushed into an emergency cesarean surgery and promptly diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication that causes high blood pressure which can be fatal for both mothers and babies. Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025 Interestingly, breakthroughs in women’s healthcare, like the recent discovery about pre-eclampsia, have revealed how conditions traditionally thought to affect women can be linked to factors involving men’s health as well. Britney Porter, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Experts say there appear to be several risk factors, including pregnancies involving twins or other multiples, a maternal age of 35 or older and high blood pressure, including pre-eclampsia, a serious pregnancy complication characterized by elevated blood pressure. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 Hodson said Hughes had been diagnosed with pre-eclampsia late in her pregnancy but was otherwise healthy. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eclampsia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eclampsia
Noun
  • Symptoms of eclampsia include high blood pressure, headaches, blurry vision and convulsions.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 July 2025
  • This was before July’s grassroots recruiting whirlwind and that overseas trip and the convulsions of an actual season.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The lesions caused Curtis to suffer from muscle spasms, paralysis, a chronic limp and headaches.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Heavily abusing nitrous oxide can degrade one's central nervous system, leading to muscle weakness or spasms.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers seek to prevent a recurrence Pratt & Whitney union votes to approve new contract, end strike Diana Taurasi weighs in on life after the WNBA.
    Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2025
  • For Rob Shaver, who has faced multiple stage-four cancer recurrences over the past two decades — death has felt like an ever-present shadow.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • After remission, cancer cells may remain dormant for years before spreading— notably in the lungs or other organs—and causing a relapse.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
  • The Brazilian has always planned to stay but suffered an injury relapse earlier this month, which will keep him sidelined until September, further complicating any departure.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 29 July 2025

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“Eclampsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eclampsia. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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