seizure
(sē′zhŭr)
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1. A convulsion or other clinically detectable event caused by a sudden discharge of electrical activity in the brain.
2. A sudden attack of pain, disease, or specific symptoms.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Seizure." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745754/all/seizure.
Seizure. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745754/all/seizure. Accessed October 8, 2024.
Seizure. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745754/all/seizure
Seizure [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745754/all/seizure.
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