cortical epilepsy
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1. 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) (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | epilepsy, |
| definition | : | a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | jacksonian epilepsy, |
| definition | : | focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | sensory epilepsy, |
| definition | : | focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | focal seizure, |
| definition | : | transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity (noun.state) |
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