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Definition of Seizure

1. Noun. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease. "He suffered an epileptic seizure"

2. Noun. The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.

3. Noun. The act of taking of a person by force.

4. Noun. The taking possession of something by legal process.

Definition of Seizure

1. n. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

Definition of Seizure

1. Noun. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law. ¹

2. Noun. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure). ¹

3. Noun. A sudden onset of pain or emotion. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership ¹

5. Noun. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seizure

1. the act of seizing [n -S]

Medical Definition of Seizure

1. A sudden attack or convulsion due to involuntary electrical activity in the brain. It is due to an uncontrolled burst of electrical activity in the brain that can result in a wide variety of clinical manifestations such as: muscle twitches, staring, tongue biting, urination, loss of consciousness and total body shaking. Examples include: focal seizure, absence seizure, partial seizure, psychomotor seizure, petit-mal seizure and grand-mal seizures. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seizure

seized up seized upon seizer seizers seizes seizes up seizes upon seizin seizing seizing up

seizing upon seizings seizins seizor seizors seizure (current term) seizure-alert dog seizureless seizurelike seizures

sejant sejeant sejoin sejoined sejoining sejoins sejunct sejunction sejunctions sejungible

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