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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 activity
Familiarity information: FOCAL SEIZURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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