Seizures

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Is a:
  • Sign or Symptom
  • Disease or Syndrome
Definition:
Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as epilepsy or "seizure disorder."
Synonyms:
  • Auditory Seizure
  • Auditory Seizures
  • Clonic Seizure
  • Clonic Seizures
  • Convulsion
  • Convulsion, Non Epileptic
  • Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
  • Convulsions
  • Convulsions, Non-Epileptic
  • Convulsive Seizure
  • Convulsive Seizures
  • Focal Seizure
  • Focal Seizures
  • Generalized Seizure
  • Generalized Seizures
  • Gustatory Seizure
  • Gustatory Seizures
  • Jacksonian Seizure
  • Motor Seizure
  • Motor Seizures
  • Non-Epileptic Convulsion
  • Non-Epileptic Convulsions
  • Olfactory Seizure
  • Olfactory Seizures
  • Seizure
  • Seizure, Auditory
  • Seizure, Clonic
  • Seizure, Convulsive
  • Seizure, Focal
  • Seizure, Generalized
  • Seizure, Gustatory
  • Seizure, Jacksonian
  • Seizure, Motor
  • Seizure, Olfactory
  • Seizure, Sensory
  • Seizure, Somatosensory
  • Seizure, Tonic
  • Seizure, Tonic-Clonic
  • Seizure, Vertiginous
  • Seizure, Vestibular
  • Seizure, Visual
  • Seizures, Auditory
  • Seizures, Clonic
  • Seizures, Convulsive
  • Seizures, Focal
  • Seizures, Generalized
  • Seizures, Gustatory
  • Seizures, Motor
  • Seizures, Olfactory
  • Seizures, Sensory
  • Seizures, Somatosensory
  • Seizures, Tonic
  • Seizures, Tonic Clonic
  • Seizures, Tonic-Clonic
  • Seizures, Vertiginous
  • Seizures, Vestibular
  • Seizures, Visual
  • Sensory Seizure
  • Sensory Seizures
  • Somatosensory Seizure
  • Somatosensory Seizures
  • Tonic Seizure
  • Tonic Seizures
  • Tonic-Clonic Seizure
  • Tonic-Clonic Seizures
  • Vertiginous Seizure
  • Vertiginous Seizures
  • Vestibular Seizure
  • Vestibular Seizures
  • Visual Seizure
  • Visual Seizures
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