1. a health problem of pregnancy in which the mother's blood pressure goes up sudde
1.名詞C2
釋義
子癇前症
懷孕後期血壓升高並有蛋白尿的疾病
a health problem of pregnancy in which the mother's blood pressure goes up suddenly and her body holds extra water; it can harm both mother and baby, and without treatment it may bring on dangerous seizures.
例句
The nurse noticed Dahlia's swollen ankles and sent her for a preeclampsia test.
護士注意到 Dahlia 的腳踝腫脹，便安排她去做子癇前症檢查。
sign of the condition: swollen ankles, high blood pressure
Preeclampsia usually appears after the twentieth week, so doctors check blood pressure at every visit.
子癇前症通常在懷孕第二十週後出現，所以醫生每次產檢都會量血壓。
Because of severe preeclampsia, Mizuki's baby was born six weeks early.
因為嚴重的子癇前症，Mizuki 的寶寶提早六週出生。
because of + preeclampsia: a cause of early birth
Rohan's sister was treated for preeclampsia and went home healthy with her newborn.
Rohan 的姊姊接受了子癇前症的治療，之後帶著新生兒健康地回家。
be treated for + preeclampsia
Women who had preeclampsia once are more likely to get it again.
broader; covers high blood pressure without the other signs
文法句型
develop + preeclampsia
diagnosed with + preeclampsia
用法筆記
Uncountable disease name, so it takes no article: say 'she developed preeclampsia', not 'a preeclampsia'. Distinguish from eclampsia, the later and more dangerous stage that includes seizures.
常見錯誤
Caio's wife had a preeclampsia.
Caio's wife had preeclampsia.
the name of a condition is uncountable and takes no 'a'.