seizure
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈsiːʒər/
- Specialized
:
convulsión
- The doctor explained that a seizure involves abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- epileptic seizure
- febrile seizures
- childhood seizures
And that makes people, certain people have seizures only in their sleep.
- And that makes people, certain people have seizures only in their sleep.
- However, after the first dance she faked A seizure because she didn't want to go home.
- The next class is the anticonvulsants or anti seizure medications.
- Well, the way it reduces seizures is by increasing what's called GABA transmission.
- I thought maybe I have had an hysterical seizure.
- Well, a lot of people have seizures that can be completely controlled by their medications.
- And the dog knows he has seizures and creates a circle around its master leg.
- Now, this is FDA approved for partial seizure disorders.
- Kids with autism have a huge increase in incidence of seizures.
- Meaning does it increase your risk for a seizure?
- And this is star jump Max looks like he's having a seizure.
- Whether it was because he had had a seizure.
- Epilepsy is a neurological condition that does involve seizures.
- They're putting, they're changing the acidic state of the brain so that the seizure is stopped.
Examples
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In most people, treatment will be based around stopping the seizures through the use of AEDs.
Academic text (2012) -
I ask because sometimes people can have small seizures in their sleep without knowing it.
Fiction book (1993) -
Christ, it must have been a seizure or something.
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How long was the seizure? - Did you time it? -
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I looked around for the man who had suffered the seizure, but he was gone, of course.
Fiction book (1990) -
Not everyone who has a seizure will need admission to the hospital.
Academic text (2012) -
It's common to have seizures around the one year mark.
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So for the moment, her seizures are completely beyond my ability to treat.
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Well, a lot of people have seizures that can be completely controlled by their medications.
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Trevor, you just had a seizure brought on by a severe migraine.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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4.1
A sudden time when bad symptoms appear
20
7.3
A sudden uncontrolled shaking of the body when muscles tighten
3
4.4
A sudden time of shaking or loss of awareness caused by unusual brain activity
1
7.5
A short, sudden moment when a person stares blankly and does not respond, often with blinking or twitching
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5.6
A sudden change in movement or feeling caused by unusual activity in one part of the brain
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9.0
A short seizure that makes someone suddenly stop paying attention and stare
A sudden attack of a serious illness like a stroke or seizure
A seizure that affects the whole brain and causes loss of consciousness and violent body shaking
Compounds
- Specialized
3
4.4
A sudden time of shaking or loss of awareness caused by unusual brain activity
- Specialized
1
7.5
A short, sudden moment when a person stares blankly and does not respond, often with blinking or twitching
- Specialized
1
5.6
A sudden change in movement or feeling caused by unusual activity in one part of the brain
Right to stop police from searching you or taking your things without a good reason
- Specialized
A seizure that affects the whole brain and causes loss of consciousness and violent body shaking
How Severe
- Specialized
1
9.3
- Specialized
- Specialized
190
5.5
- Specialized
1
5.6
- Specialized
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seizure in medicine uses the same basic idea: it comes from the verb seize meaning 'to grab' or 'take hold'. So a medical seizure is when something suddenly 'takes hold' of the body or brain, causing an attack.