Epilepsy: A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petittnal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)

 

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Epilepsy: A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petittnal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)

Convulsions: Severe contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head. See epilepsy.

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Automatism: Automatic and apparently undirected non-purposeful behaviour that is not consciously controlled. Seen in psychomotor epilepsy.

Aura: A subtle quality or atmosphere emanating form a living being, object, or place.