ECLAMPSIAS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

eclampsias

noun

plural of eclampsia

as in convulsions

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Noun

Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news conference that another man, about 30, was treated by emergency personnel after suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
It is known to cause neurological problems, convulsions and comas, with children particularly at risk.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of convulsions

Noun

Adames departed Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves due to back spasms after striking out to end the seventh inning, noticeably grimacing during the follow-through of his swing.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Max Muncy popped out and Kyle Tucker, back in the lineup after exiting Monday’s game because of back spasms, flied out.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of spasms

Noun

Individuals with weak immune systems are at higher risk for prolonged illness and relapses of symptoms.

— Caroline Kee, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Also inexplicable is the movie’s setting circa the dawn of COVID, where masks and quarantine come into play — though for many out there, that was surely a time when relapses were around the bend, the temptation of a bender without judgment and out of view very easily had.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026

Definition of relapses

Noun

Preparing a tax return can trigger paroxysms of stress at the best of times.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Also, stars in this frenzied state aren’t terribly stable; the fusion rate can be tempestuous, and the star undergoes incredibly violent paroxysms.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of paroxysms

Noun

When its inevitable end arrives, the sun’s core will exhaust the last traces of hydrogen fuel and kick off the first stellar death pangs.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
Kanaal is king for indulging elevenses hunger pangs, providing cakes, cookies, tea, coffee, and made-to-order traditional Dutch sweets including stroopwafles and puffertjes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026

Definition of pangs

Noun

Rowdy children represent yet another challenge for restaurants like his that have struggled through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, skyrocketing prices for beef, cooking oil and other goods, Xue said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Stone and Clinton were both in throes of drug addictions and had a falling out before the album could be completed.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026

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