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epilepsy
1. A chronic disease of the nervous system, characterized by convulsions, and often unconsciousness.
2. A medical disorder involving episodes of irregular electrical discharge in the brain and characterized by the periodic sudden loss or impairment of consciousness, often accompanied by convulsions.

When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times higher than normal, this causes a sort of electrical storm in the brain, known as a seizure.

A pattern of repeated seizures is referred to as epilepsy and known causes include head injuries, brain tumors, lead poisoning, maldevelopment of the brain, genetic and infectious illnesses.

Medication controls seizures for the majority of patients.

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Word Entries containing the term: “epilepsy
anosognosic epilepsy
Epilepsy characterized by attacks of which the person is unaware.
gelastic epilepsy
A form of epilepsy characterized by laughing.
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gelostic epilepsy
A form of epilepsy characterized by uncontrollable laughing.
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matutinal epilepsy
A form of epilepsy which occurs when waking up in the morning.
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musicogenic epilepsy
Epilepsy which is a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions in which the convulsive attacks are induced or caused by music.
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olfactory epilepsy (s) (noun), olfactory epilepsies (pl)
A sudden disagreeable sensation of smell, or odor, preceding or characterizing an epileptic attack
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uncinate epilepsy
A form of epilepsy occurring in disease of the uncinate (hooked-shape) area of the temporal lobe of the brain.
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