||Ec*lamp"si*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a shining forth, fr. &?; to shine forth; &?; out + &?; to shine.] (Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

&fist; The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.