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preeclampsia
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preeclampsia [¦prē·i′klamp·sē·ə]
(medicine)
A toxemia occurring in the latter half of pregnancy, characterized by an acute elevation of blood pressure and usually by edema and proteinuria, but without convulsions or coma. Also known as toxemia of pregnancy.


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