Eclampsia
Eclampsia , noun
[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a shining forth, from {not transcribed} to shine forth; {not transcribed} out + {not transcribed} to shine.]
(Medicine) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.