English > epilepsy: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions. |
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| Parts | epileptic seizure | convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness |
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| Narrower | akinetic epilepsy | epilepsy characterized by akinesia |
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| cortical epilepsy, focal epilepsy | epilepsy in which the attacks begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance) |
| grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major | epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking |
| myoclonus epilepsy, Lafora's disease | epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin |
| petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor | epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities) |
| posttraumatic epilepsy, traumatic epilepsy | A convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury |
| procursive epilepsy | epilepsy in which a seizure is induced by whirling or running |
| psychomotor epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy | epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode |
| reflex epilepsy | A form of epilepsy in which attacks are induced by peripheral stimulation |
| status epilepticus | A condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness |
| tonic epilepsy | epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure |
| Broader | brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease | Any disorder or disease of the brain |
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| Spanish | epilepsia |
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| Catalan | epilèpsia |
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| Adjectives | epileptic | of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy |
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