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- eclampsia (n.)



[eclampsia 词源字典] - 1866, from Modern Latin, from Greek eklampsis "a shining forth, exceeding brightness," from ek- "out" (see ex-) + stem of lampein "to shine" (see lamp) + abstract noun ending -ia.[eclampsia etymology, eclampsia origin, 英语词源]
- Hampshire




- reduced from Old English Hamtunscir; named for the city of Southampton, which originally was simply Hamtun. Norman scribes mangled the county name to Hauntunescire, later Hantescire, hence the abbrev. Hants.
- pre-eclampsia (n.)




- also preeclampsia, 1903, from pre- + eclampsia. Related: Pre-eclamptic (1896).