seizure (redirected from grand mal seizure)

sei·zure  (szhr)

n.

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.

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seizure

Noun

1. Pathol a sudden violent attack of an illness, such as an epileptic convulsion

2. the act of seizing: a seizure of drug traffickers' assets

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seizure  (szhr)

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.

Thesaurus

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

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seizure

noun 1. attack, fit, spasm, convulsion, paroxysm

noun 2. taking, grabbing, annexation, confiscation, commandeering

noun 3. capture, arrest, apprehension, abduction

Translations

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] n (MED) → ataque m;

(LAW) → incautación f

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] n (Med) → crise f, attaque f [of power]; prise f;

(Law) → saisie f

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] seize n (Med) → Anfall m;

(of power) → Ergreifung f;

(Law) → Beschlagnahmung f

seizure [ˈsiːʒəʳ] n (MED) → attacco;

(LAW) → confisca, sequestro