Simple partial seizure

sei·zure (s

1. The act or an instance of seizing or the condition of being seized.

2. A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder.

3. A sudden onset or sensation of feeling or emotion.

seizure [ˈsiːʒə]

1. the act or an instance of seizing or the state of being seized

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a sudden manifestation or recurrence of a disease, such as an epileptic convulsion

seizure (s

A sudden episode of transient neurologic symptoms such as involuntary muscle movements, sensory disturbances and altered consciousness. A seizure is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which is often diagnosed on an electroencephalogram. See also epilepsy.

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Noun	1.	seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" ictus, raptus attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" convulsion - violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles focal seizure - transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity raptus hemorrhagicus - seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage absence seizure, absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
	2.	seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property capture, gaining control acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" usurpation - wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" arrest, taking into custody, apprehension, pinch, collar, catch - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugation - the act of conquering enslavement - the act of making slaves of your captives
	3.	seizure - the act of taking of a person by force capture felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson) abduction - the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife kidnapping, snatch - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
	4.	seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" arrogation, confiscation - seizure by the government distraint, distress - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" impounding, impoundment, internment, poundage - placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law impress, impressment - the act of coercing someone into government service recapture - a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount

seizure

noun

1. attack, fit, spasm, convulsion, paroxysm I was prescribed drugs to control seizures.

2. taking, grabbing, annexation, confiscation, commandeering the seizure of territory through force

3. capture, arrest, apprehension, abduction a mass seizure of hostages

4. confiscation, taking away, appropriation, commandeering, sequestration one of the biggest seizures of heroin ever

Translations

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] N

1. [of goods] → embargo m, incautación f; [of person] → secuestro m; [of land, city, ship] → toma f

2. (Med) → ataque m
to have a seizure → sufrir un ataque

seizure [ˈsiːʒə^r] n

(MEDICINE) → crise f

(LAW) → saisie f

seizure

(= confiscation) → Beschlagnahmung f; (of passport) → Einzug m; (of ship) → Beschlagnahme f; (by pirates) → Kapern nt; (= capture) → Einnahme f; (of train, building) → Besetzung f

(Med) → Anfall m; (= apoplexy) → Schlaganfall m

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] n

a. (of goods) → sequestro, confisca; (of land, city, ship) → presa

b. (Med) → attacco

seizure → نوبة مرضية záchvat slagtilfælde Anfall αιφνίδια κρίση confiscación tautikohtaus attaque napad attacco 発作 발작 beslaglegging beslag atak ataque repentino захват konfiskering การเป็นลมชักอย่างปัจจุบันทันด่วน nöbet cơn co giật 没收

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-lepsy absence seizure anticonvulsant anticonvulsant drug antiepileptic drug apyretic tetanus Arrogation attachment complex absence confiscation convulsion drug bust drugs bust epilepsia major epilepsia minor epileptic seizure focal seizure generalized seizure grand mal			Symptoms of Epilepsy Simple partial seizures are further subdivided into four categories according to the nature of their symptoms: motor, autonomic, sensory or psychological. Epilepsy Causes, Symptoms and Treatments by peterhutch / Health, general community We also know that simple partial seizures, in which there is not a loss of consciousness, tend to have more focal and/or sensory symptoms [such as] tremor or a sense of numbness," said Dr. Episodic nature key to dx of seizures in older adults by Wachter, Kerri / Clinical Psychiatry News Initial manifestations had included simple partial seizures since 1977, anginal chest pain since 1982, and muscle cramps since 1983. Neurologic and cardiac progression of glycogenosis type VII over an ... by Kopsa, Wolfgang / Southern Medical Journal			Simpai simpatico simper Simperer simpering simperingly simple simple absence simple closed curve Simple contract Simple equation simple eye simple fraction simple fracture simple fruit simple harmonic motion simple interest Simple larceny simple leaf simple machine Simple Mail Transfer Protocol simple mastectomy simple microscope simple mindedness Simple obligation Simple partial seizure simple pendulum simple phobia simple pistil Simple prebend simple protein simple regression simple salt simple sentence Simple Simon simple sugar simple tense simple-hearted simple-minded simple-mindedness Simpleness Simpler Simpler's joy Simpless Simplesse simpleton simplex Simplician simplicidentate simplicity simplifiable			Simple Network Time Sync Simple Network User Information Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol Simple Non-redundant Assembly of Protein Sequences Simple Normal Crossing Divisor Simple Notification Service Simple Notophyll Vine Forest Simple Object Access Protocol Simple Object Access Protocol Simple Object Access Protocol Simple Object Access Protocol Simple Object Access Protocol - Routing Protocol Simple Object Access Protocol - Security Extensions: Digital Signature Simple Object Database Access Simple Object Definition Language Simple Object-Oriented Programming Simple obligation Simple obligation Simple Odd Parity Code Simple Office Solutions Simple Offline USENET Simple Omnibus Format in Text Simple Operating System for Smartcard Education Simple Optic Nerve Atrophy simple order simple ore simple oscillator Simple Packet Relay Transport Simple partial seizure Simple Password Exponential Key Exchange Simple past Simple past tense Simple path Simple path Simple Payback Simple Payback Period simple pendulum simple pendulum simple periodontal pocket simple phobia simple phobia simple phobia simple phobia Simple Picture Gallery Manager Simple PIE Simple Pieces of Cloth simple pistil simple pistil simple pit Simple Plan Simple Plant Location Problem Simple Plastic Airplane Design simple point Simple Polygon Processor simple polyhedron Simple Portable Simulation Language Simple Power Analysis Simple prebend Simple Pressure Vessels Directive

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