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epilepsy
(encz) | epilepsy,padoucnice [med.] TonyMi |
Epilepsy
(gcide) | Epilepsy \Ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. ? a seizure, the
"falling sickness," fr. ? to take besides, seize, attack;
'epi` upon, besides + ? to take: cf. F. ['e]pilepsie. Cf.
Catalepsy.] (Med.)
The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls
suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms
(or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss
of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.
--Dunglison.
[1913 Webster] |
epilepsy
(wn) | epilepsy
n 1: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by
loss of consciousness and convulsions |
EPILEPSY
(bouvier) | EPILEPSY, med. jur. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with
uncertain intervals between them.
2. These paroxysms are characterized by the loss of sensation, and
convulsive motions of the muscles. When long continued and violent, this
disease is very apt to end in dementia. (q.v.) It gradually destroys the
memory, and impairs the intellect, and is one of the causes of an unsound
mind. 8 Ves. 87. Vide Dig. 50, 16, 123; Id. 21, 1, 4, 5.
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cortical epilepsy
(encz) | cortical epilepsy, n: |
epilepsy
(encz) | epilepsy,padoucnice [med.] TonyMi |
focal epilepsy
(encz) | focal epilepsy, n: |
generalized epilepsy
(encz) | generalized epilepsy, n: |
grand mal epilepsy
(encz) | grand mal epilepsy, n: |
musicogenic epilepsy
(encz) | musicogenic epilepsy, n: |
myoclonus epilepsy
(encz) | myoclonus epilepsy, n: |
petit mal epilepsy
(encz) | petit mal epilepsy, n: |
photogenic epilepsy
(encz) | photogenic epilepsy, n: |
posttraumatic epilepsy
(encz) | posttraumatic epilepsy, n: |
procursive epilepsy
(encz) | procursive epilepsy, n: |
psychomotor epilepsy
(encz) | psychomotor epilepsy, n: |
reflex epilepsy
(encz) | reflex epilepsy, n: |
sensory epilepsy
(encz) | sensory epilepsy, n: |
temporal lobe epilepsy
(encz) | temporal lobe epilepsy, n: |
tonic epilepsy
(encz) | tonic epilepsy, n: |
traumatic epilepsy
(encz) | traumatic epilepsy, n: |
Hysteroepilepsy
(gcide) | Hysteroepilepsy \Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [Hysteria +
epilepsy.] (Med.)
A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and
characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions,
which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the
ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. --
Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic, a.
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akinetic epilepsy
(wn) | akinetic epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized by akinesia |
cortical epilepsy
(wn) | cortical epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated
disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb
or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance) [syn:
cortical epilepsy, focal epilepsy] |
epilepsy
(wn) | epilepsy
n 1: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by
loss of consciousness and convulsions |
focal epilepsy
(wn) | focal epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated
disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb
or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance) [syn:
cortical epilepsy, focal epilepsy] |
generalized epilepsy
(wn) | generalized epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness
and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized
jerking [syn: grand mal epilepsy, grand mal,
generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major] |
grand mal epilepsy
(wn) | grand mal epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness
and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized
jerking [syn: grand mal epilepsy, grand mal,
generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major] |
jacksonian epilepsy
(wn) | Jacksonian epilepsy
n 1: focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from
distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the
body |
musicogenic epilepsy
(wn) | musicogenic epilepsy
n 1: reflex epilepsy induced by music |
myoclonus epilepsy
(wn) | myoclonus epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and
progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin [syn:
myoclonus epilepsy, Lafora's disease] |
petit mal epilepsy
(wn) | petit mal epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief
clouding of consciousness (and possibly other
abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal
since childhood" [syn: petit mal epilepsy, petit mal,
epilepsia minor] |
photogenic epilepsy
(wn) | photogenic epilepsy
n 1: reflex epilepsy induced by a flickering light |
posttraumatic epilepsy
(wn) | posttraumatic epilepsy
n 1: a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury [syn:
posttraumatic epilepsy, traumatic epilepsy] |
procursive epilepsy
(wn) | procursive epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which a seizure is induced by whirling or
running |
psychomotor epilepsy
(wn) | psychomotor epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of
consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves
purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes
hallucinations [syn: psychomotor epilepsy, {temporal lobe
epilepsy}] |
reflex epilepsy
(wn) | reflex epilepsy
n 1: a form of epilepsy in which attacks are induced by
peripheral stimulation |
sensory epilepsy
(wn) | sensory epilepsy
n 1: focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena |
temporal lobe epilepsy
(wn) | temporal lobe epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of
consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves
purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes
hallucinations [syn: psychomotor epilepsy, {temporal lobe
epilepsy}] |
tonic epilepsy
(wn) | tonic epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure |
traumatic epilepsy
(wn) | traumatic epilepsy
n 1: a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury [syn:
posttraumatic epilepsy, traumatic epilepsy] |
EPILEPSY
(bouvier) | EPILEPSY, med. jur. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with
uncertain intervals between them.
2. These paroxysms are characterized by the loss of sensation, and
convulsive motions of the muscles. When long continued and violent, this
disease is very apt to end in dementia. (q.v.) It gradually destroys the
memory, and impairs the intellect, and is one of the causes of an unsound
mind. 8 Ves. 87. Vide Dig. 50, 16, 123; Id. 21, 1, 4, 5.
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