| NOUN | state | ictus, seizure, raptus | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease |
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| Meaning | A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease. | |
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| Synonyms | seizure, raptus | |
| Narrower | absence, absence seizure | The occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc. |
| convulsion | Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles | |
| focal seizure | transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity | |
| raptus hemorrhagicus | seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage | |
| Broader | attack | A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
| Spanish | ataque, crisis, ictus, rapto, raptus | |
| Catalan | ictus, raptus | |
| Adjectives | ictal, ictic | of or relating to a seizure or convulsion |
| postictal | pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion | |
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