| epileptic a. |
a subjective sensation or motor phenomenon that sometimes gives warning of an approaching generalized or complex partial seizure. Formerly considered part of the prodrome of a seizure, it is now known to be itself a type of simple partial seizure and may occur without progression to a more serious attack.
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| epileptic c. |
a loud scream that often occurs at the onset of an epileptic attack.
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| epileptic d. |
a progressive mental and intellectual deterioration that occurs in a small fraction of cases of epilepsy; it is thought by some to be caused by neuronal degeneration secondary to circulatory disturbances during seizures.
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| epileptic f. |
a fuguelike state of running or wandering that occasionally occurs as an ictal or postictal phenomenon in psychomotor (temporal lobe) epilepsy.
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| epileptic m. |
myoclonus occurring as part of an epileptic aura or seizure; see myoclonic epilepsy under epilepsy.
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