| diencephalic epilepsy | Episodes of autonomic dysfunction presumably due to diencephalic irritation. Synonym: diencephalic epilepsy, vasomotor epilepsy, vasovagal epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diencephalic syndrome of infancy | <paediatrics> Profound emaciation after initial normal growth, locomotor hyperactivity and euphoria, usually with skin pallor, hypotension and hypoglycaemia. It is usually due to neoplasm involving the anterior hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |