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Rarepreeclampsia
The correct spelling is preeclampsia.
How to pronounce preeclampsia
noun
Say it like: Pree-cla-mps-ia
The correct spelling is preeclampsia. A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, li…
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noun
- 1.A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, 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.
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