epileptic seizure

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epileptic seizure - convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness

convulsion - violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles

generalized seizure, grand mal, epilepsia major - a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

epilepsia minor, petit mal - a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal"

epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

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Is her breakdown the result of an epileptic seizure, a psychotic episode or the work of Satan?

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