Converse of object

• generalize: Half of the seizures end with hemi or generalized convulsions.

• induce: The movie's aliens were able to induce meteorological convulsions on Earth to warn everyone of their power.

• suffer: Up to 1 in 50 babies can suffer convulsions.

• cause: We had no idea what had caused the convulsions, possible head trauma or an unlikely something he had eaten.

• prevent: Beyond trying to keep the child's temperature down there is really no other effective way of preventing further convulsions.

• produce: The attempt to go back to more " normal " methods will produce further convulsions on a world scale.

Converse of subject

• follow: If untreated this is followed by convulsions and death.

• precede: Black's states that in cases of uraemia ' death may be preceded by convulsions and unconsciousness.

Adjective modifier

• febrile: The vast majority of febrile convulsions are not serious.

• eclamptic: Of these women, approximately 150,000 have eclamptic convulsions.

• neonatal: Benign epilepsy syndromes include benign infantile encephalopathy and benign neonatal convulsions.

• familial: Some consider this syndrome, rather than benign familial neonatal convulsions, as the earliest expression of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

• epileptic: In December 1995 whilst at work one day I had 2 epileptic convulsions in the space of 5 minutes.

• benign: Benign epilepsy syndromes include benign infantile encephalopathy and benign neonatal convulsions.

Noun used with modifier

• and/or: Severe hypoglycaemia may lead to unconsciousness and/or convulsions and may result in temporary or permanent impairment of brain function or even death.

• unconsciousness: Severe hypoglycaemia may lead to unconsciousness and/or convulsions and may result in temporary or permanent impairment of brain function or even death.

Preposition: in

• child: This tendency can run in families. are all convulsions In young children febrile?

• party: The collapse of Communism has led to convulsions in party political structures across Europe.

Preposition: of

• nature: What a terrible convulsion of nature was that which followed in the landlady's face!

• laughter: His mastery of platform gimmicks, especially the dramatic pause, typically sent his audiences into convulsions of laughter.