| status epilepticus | A series of rapidly repeated seizures without regaining consciousness between them. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| petit mal | <neurology> A type of seizure (absence seizures) that in contrast to the grand mal seizure, are noted for their brevity and for the degree of loss of awareness (brief staring spell) accompanied by minimal motor manifestations. A common form of childhood epilepsy. (06 Oct 1997) |
| petit mal epilepsy | A generalised epilepsy syndrome characterised by the onset of absence seizures in childhood, typically at age six or seven years. There is a strong genetic predisposition and girls are affected more often than boys. EEG reveals generalised 3 Hz spike-wave activity on a normal background. Prognosis for remission is good if the patient does not also have generalised tonic-clonic seizures. See: absence. Synonym: petit mal epilepsy, pyknolepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petit mal seizure | An absence seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictus epilepticus | An epileptic convulsion. Ictus paralyticus, a paralytic stroke. (05 Mar 2000) |
| furor epilepticus | Attacks of anger to which epileptic individuals are occasionally subject, occurring without apparent provocation and without disturbance of consciousness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit, Alexis | <person> French physicist, 1791-1820. See: Dulong-Petit law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit, Antoine | <person> French surgeon and anatomist, 1718-1794. See: Petit's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit, Francois du | <person> French surgeon and anatomist, 1664-1741. See: Petit's canals, Petit's sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit, Jean | <person> Paris surgeon, 1674-1750. See: Petit's hernia, Petit's herniotomy, Petit's lumbar triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit, Paul | <person> French anatomist, *1889. See: Petit's aponeurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit's aponeurosis | The posterior layer of the broad ligament of the uterus. Origin: P. Petit (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit's canals | The spaces between the fibres of the ciliary zonule at the equator of the lens of the eye. Synonym: spatia zonularia, Petit's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit's hernia | Lumbar hernia, occurring in Petit's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit's ligament | A fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas') pouch. Synonym: plica rectouterina, Douglas' fold, Jarjavay's ligament, Petit's ligament, rectouterine fold, uterosacral ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |