posttraumatic epilepsy
1posttraumatic epilepsy — noun a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury • Syn: ↑traumatic epilepsy • Hypernyms: ↑epilepsy …
2posttraumatic epilepsy — epileptic seizures that occur after head injury; called also traumatic e …
3posttraumatic — | ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary post + traumatic : following or resulting from trauma posttraumatic epilepsy * * * /pohst treuh mat ik, traw , trow /, adj. occurring after physical or psychological trauma. [1900… …
4Epilepsy — (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 …
5Post-traumatic epilepsy — Classification and external resources eMedicine NEURO/318 MeSH D004834 Post traumatic epilep …
6traumatic epilepsy — noun a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury • Syn: ↑posttraumatic epilepsy • Hypernyms: ↑epilepsy …
7Post-traumatic seizure — Post traumatic seizures (PTS) are seizures that result from traumatic brain injury (TBI), brain damage caused by physical trauma. PTS may be a risk factor for post traumatic epilepsy (PTE), but a person who has a seizure or seizures due to… …
8Complications of traumatic brain injury — Traumatic brain injury (TBI, physical trauma to the brain) can cause a variety of complications, health effects that are not TBI themselves but that result from it. The risk of complications increases with the severity of the trauma;[1] however… …
9Traumatic brain injury — See also: Brain injury (disambiguation) Traumatic brain injury Classification and external resources …
10Valproic acid — Systematic (IUPAC) name 2 propylpentanoic …
