ictus

Noun
  1. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease (synset 114105423)
    "he suffered an epileptic seizure"
    is a type of: attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
    subtypes:
    • 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, absence seizure - 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
    same as: raptus, seizure

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