Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."
Synonyms: Seizures, Olfactory, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Somatosensory Seizures, Seizure, Absence, Seizure, Tonic-Clonic, Non-Epileptic Convulsion, Somatosensory Seizure, Vertiginous Seizure, Non Epileptic Seizure, Tonic Clonic Seizures, Jacksonian Seizure, Seizure, Gustatory, Clonic Seizures, Vestibular Seizures, Seizure, Atonic Absence, Motor Seizure, Seizure, Single, Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Seizures, Gustatory, Seizure, Clonic, Seizure, Convulsive, Olfactory Seizures, Non-Epileptic Seizure, Auditory Seizure, Generalized Absence Seizures, Absence Seizure, Generalized, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic, Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized, Epileptic Seizure, Absence Seizure, Sensory Seizure, Generalized Seizures, Auditory Seizures, Seizure, Jacksonian, Olfactory Seizure, Seizures, Focal, Convulsion, Petit Mal, Seizure, Visual, Seizures, Generalized, Vertiginous Seizures, Seizures, Nonepileptic, Seizures, Epileptic, Seizures, Tonic, Seizure, Auditory, Convulsion, Non-Epileptic, Seizures, Sensory, Atonic Seizures, Seizure, Non-Epileptic, Clonic Seizures, Tonic, Partial Seizures, Seizure, Sensory, Seizure, Generalized Absence, Convulsive Seizures, Seizures, Somatosensory, Partial Seizure, Complex, Complex Partial Seizure, Seizures, Vestibular Seizure, Nonepileptic Seizures, Focal Seizures, Generalized Absence Seizure, Non-Epileptic Seizures, Seizure, Myoclonic, Seizure, Epileptic, Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic, Seizures, Tonic-Clonic, Myoclonic Seizure, Partial Seizures, Complex, Seizures, Vestibular, Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures, Seizure, Complex Partial, Motor Seizures, Gustatory Seizures, Tonic Seizures, Clonic Seizure, Tonic, Atonic Absence Seizure, Seizure, Partial, Seizures, Auditory, Generalized Seizure, Seizures, Vertiginous, Seizure, Vertiginous, Convulsions, Non-Epileptic, Absence Seizure, Atonic, Seizure, Seizure, Nonepileptic, Non-Epileptic Convulsions, Seizures, Clonic, Complex Partial Seizures, Seizure, Atonic, Seizure, Tonic Clonic, Focal Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Seizure, Vestibular, Seizure, Motor, Single Seizures, Partial Seizure, Single Seizure, Visual Seizures, Convulsion, Convulsions, Convulsion, Non Epileptic, Seizures, Visual, Seizure, Tonic, Myoclonic Seizures, Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized, Absence Seizures, Visual Seizure, Gustatory Seizure, Atonic Absence Seizures, Convulsive Seizure, Sensory Seizures, Absence Seizures, Atonic, Epileptic Seizures, Tonic Seizure, Non Epileptic Seizures, Seizure, Focal, Clonic Seizure, Seizure, Somatosensory, Atonic Seizure, Nonepileptic Seizure, Petit Mal Convulsion, Seizure, Olfactory, Seizure, Generalized, Seizures, Motor, Seizures, Convulsive, Absence Seizures, Generalized, Tonic Clonic Seizure
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1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE use CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE use EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999; for SINGLE SEIZURE use EPILEPSY 2000-2017; for EPILEPTIC SEIZURES use EPILEPSY 1998-2017; for ABSENCE SEIZURES use EPILEPSY, ABSENCE 1992-2017 ,specific seizure terms are also available ,1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE see CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE see EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999; for SINGLE SEIZURE see EPILEPSY 2000-2017; for EPILEPTIC SEIZURES see EPILEPSY 1998-2017; for ABSENCE SEIZURES see EPILEPSY, ABSENCE 1992-2017
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