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Definition of Epileptiform
1. a. Resembling epilepsy.
Definition of Epileptiform
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures, as with ''grand mal epileptiform seizure''. ¹
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Definition of Epileptiform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Epileptiform
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epileptiform
Literary usage of Epileptiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"One died on the fourth day after having epileptiform convulsions affecting the
legs for twenty-four hours. By killing the rabbits from time to time after ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"AUTO-INTOXICATION PRODUCING epileptiform CONVULSIONS; HYSTERICAL SPASM IN THE
... In a short time the man passes into a typical epileptiform convulsion, ..."
3. A Manual of the practice of medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1908)
"epileptiform Convulsions.—In this form there is unconsciousness, and the movements
... epileptiform convulsions may result from : 1. Idiopathic epilepsy. ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1869)
"It might appear strange, after declaring that an epileptiform fit may be induced
by loss of blood, immediately to recommend venesection as a remedy, ..."
5. The Lancet (1898)
"The middle level fits I call epileptiform seizures ; they were described w By
... (a) In an epileptiform seizure tbe commencing spasm is particular, ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1871)
"FACIAL NEURALGIA—(epileptiform NEURALGIA—FOTHERGILL'S DISEASE—TIC DOULOUREUX).
... The severe form, to which Trousseau-has given the name epileptiform ..."
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