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Preeclampsia
Meaning: A pregnancy disorder after twenty weeks causing high blood pressure and protein in the urine, with risks to mother and baby.
In practice: At thirty-four weeks she had raised blood pressure, proteinuria and headache, indicating preeclampsia.
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