jacksonian epilepsy
1Jacksonian epilepsy — n epilepsy that is characterized by progressive spreading of the abnormal movements or sensations from a focus affecting a muscle group on one side of the body to adjacent muscles or by becoming generalized and that corresponds to the spread of… …
2Jacksonian epilepsy — noun focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body • Hypernyms: ↑cortical epilepsy, ↑focal epilepsy * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized J Etymology: John H. Jackson died 1911… …
3Bravais-jacksonian epilepsy — Bra·vais jack·so·ni·an epilepsy (brah vaґ jak soґne ən) [Louis Franзois Bravais, French physician, early 19th century; John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist, 1835–1911] jacksonian epilepsy …
4Bravais-jacksonian epilepsy — jacksonian e …
5Epilepsy — (seizure disorder): When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times higher than normal, this causes a sort of electrical storm in the brain, known as a seizure. A pattern of repeated seizures is referred to as …
6jacksonian — Described by John Hughlings Jackson. See j. epilepsy, j. seizure. * * * jack·so·ni·an jak sō nē ən adj, often cap of, relating to, associated with, or resembling Jacksonian epilepsy Jack·son jak sən John Hughlings (1835 1911) British neurologist …
7Jacksonian seizure — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Cortical homunculus (Motor homunculus is red, showing correspondence between body and brain.) DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|40|1|g|40 ICD9 = ICD9|345.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj =… …
8Epilepsy — Called the falling sickness, epilepsy was once seen primarily as a psychiatric illness, one of William Cullen’s neuroses. Seizure patients who also had psychiatric symptoms often landed in asylums and were included in psychiatric textbooks.… …
9epilepsy — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, MS, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic… …
10jacksonian march — the spread of abnormal electrical activity from one area of the cerebral cortex to adjacent areas, characteristic of jacksonian epilepsy …
