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pseudoseizure

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + seizure.

  1. derived from *sakaną✻
  2. inherited from *sakjaną✻
  3. derived from *sakjan✻
  4. derived from sacio
  5. derived from seisir
  6. inherited from seisen
  7. suffixed as seizure — “seize + ure”
  8. prefixed as pseudoseizure — “pseudo + seizure”

Definitions

  1. A psychogenic nonepileptic seizure, distinguished from epilepsy only in not being…

    A psychogenic nonepileptic seizure, distinguished from epilepsy only in not being associated with abnormal, rhythmic discharges of cortical neurons.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudoseizure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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