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FOCAL SEIZURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does focal seizure mean? 

FOCAL SEIZURE (noun)
  The noun FOCAL SEIZURE has 1 sense:

1. transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activityplay

  Familiarity information: FOCAL SEIZURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOCAL SEIZURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("focal seizure" is a kind of...):

ictus; raptus; seizure (a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease)

Holonyms ("focal seizure" is a part of...):

cortical epilepsy; focal epilepsy (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))


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