| Define: | A hypertension occurring during pregnancy characterized by large amounts of protein in the urine (proteinuria) and edema, usually by the last trimester of pregnancy. | A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease. |
| Alias: | gestational hypertension//hypertension induced by pregnancy//pre-eclamptic toxaemia//preeclampsia//preeclampsia/eclampsia//pregnancy associated hypertension//pregnancy toxemia//proteinuric hypertension of pregnancy//toxaemia of pregnancy | Pre-Eclampsia//Pre Eclampsia//Preeclampsia//Pregnancy Toxemias//Pregnancy Toxemia//Toxemia, Pregnancy//Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis//Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis//Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension//Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis//Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria//Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis//Toxemia Of Pregnancy//Of Pregnancies, Toxemia//Of Pregnancy, Toxemia//Pregnancies, Toxemia Of//Pregnancy, Toxemia Of//Toxemia Of Pregnancies//EPH Complex//EPH Toxemias//EPH Toxemia//Toxemia, EPH//Toxemias, EPH//EPH Gestosis//Gestosis, EPH//Toxemias, Pregnancy//Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1//1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia//1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia//Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia//Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia//Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s//Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis//Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension//Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis |