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Eclipse Eclectic Eclampsia Eclactic





~ EC~        prefix similar to EX
             id+ SEPARATE CUT  SPLIT etc
             ply> | in EC or EX are ideas of
                    EC STATIC and EC TOPIC |
~ ECLAMPSIA  from gr EKLAMPSIS from
                     EK        = OUT and
                       LAMPEIN   SHINE as if    sug>  LAMP
             FROTH SEEN DURING EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS
             med> CONVULSIVE DISORDER DURING PREGNANCY
                  CAUSING ORAL FROTHING  THE SEIZURES ARE
             MOSTLY DUE TO ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
             OTHER FACTORS
~ ECLAT      BRILLIANT  ACCLAIM  CONSPICUOUS  FAME
             gr EK = TO SPLIT or SET APART
             DENOTES  OUTSTANDING   SPLIT FROM REST
~ ECLECTIC   id+ | FREE CHOICE as in FREE TO CHOOSE |
                   opposite to RELIGIOUS or DOGMATIC
             gr EKLEGEIN  = TO SELECT
                EK          OUT or
                            TO MIX
                  LEGEIN    TO CHOOSE  denotes SELECTION
                  LEICHEIN  TO LICK 
                  LEIPEIN   to LEAVE   giving rise to 
~ ECLEGM     med> MIXING OF MEDICAL AGENTS 
~ ECLIPSE    id+ TO PLACE IN THE SHADOW  TO OBSCURE
                 TO PASS OVER or TO BE LEFT OUT
  sc> astr> implies DARKENING BY THE SHADOW OF 
            THE SUN or MOON

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