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PSYCHOMOTOR EPILEPSY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("psychomotor epilepsy" is a kind of...):
epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)