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TONIC EPILEPSY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonic epilepsy mean?
• TONIC EPILEPSY (noun)
The noun TONIC EPILEPSY has 1 sense:
1. epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure
Familiarity information: TONIC EPILEPSY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tonic epilepsy" is a kind of...):
epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)
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