TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal lobe epilepsy mean? 

• TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY (noun)
  The noun TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

psychomotor epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy

Hypernyms ("temporal lobe epilepsy" is a kind of...):

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

 Context examples 

In people with temporal lobe epilepsy, spontaneous bursts of abnormal brain activity can sometimes occur even between seizures.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

It may be the initial manifestation of seizures associated with temporal lobe epilepsy.

(Pharyngeal Dysesthesia, NCI Thesaurus)

Since spindles can be detected noninvasively with EEG, a test that measures brain waves, the authors suggest that these findings may also be useful for diagnosing temporal lobe epilepsy.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

People with temporal lobe epilepsy often experience memory impairments.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

A group led by Dr. György Buzsáki at New York University took a closer look at how temporal lobe epilepsy affects the brain’s memory network.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)