eclampsia (redirected from bitch eclampsia)

eclampsia /eclamp·sia/ (e-klamp´se-ah) convulsions and coma, rarely coma alone, occurring in a pregnant or puerperal woman, and associated with hypertension, edema, and/or proteinuria.eclamp´tic

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uremic eclampsia  that due to uremia.

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e·clamp·si·a (-klmps-)

n.

Coma or convulsions in a patient with preeclampsia, occurring in late pregnancy, during labor, or within 24 hours after parturition.

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e·clamptic (-tk) adj.

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eclampsia

a syndrome including convulsions and coma occurring in animals soon after birth of the young.

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bitch eclampsia

see puerperal tetany.

guinea pig eclampsia

see pregnancy toxemia (3) and ketosis.

mare eclampsia

see lactation tetany (2).

puerperal eclampsia

see puerperal tetany.

sow eclampsia

a poorly defined condition of older sows after farrowing which responds to treatment with calcium and magnesium.