TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations

Synonyms:

psychomotor epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("temporal lobe epilepsy" is a kind of...):

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

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