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(pathology) 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..
Use preeclampsia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Preeclampsia means (pathology) 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..
Common synonyms include toxemia of pregnancy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use preeclampsia where its definition matches the intended context.
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