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seizure Definition

sei·zure (z̸hər)

noun

    1. the act of one who seizes, or an instance of this
    2. the state or an instance of being seized
  1. a sudden attack, esp. of a disease such as epilepsy

seizure Synonyms

seizure

n.

  1. Capture

    seizing, taking, apprehending; see capture.

  2. A spasm

    spell, convulsion, breakdown; see fit 1, illness 1.

seizure Law Definition

n

The act of confiscating a person’s property by legal process; a forcible taking of property into custody by a court.

seizure Telecom Definition

A signal over a line or trunk between connected equipment indicating a service or access request. The first step in establishing a stable call, a seizure or series of seizures creates a signaling path between the components, allowing supervision signaling. A seizure involves a physical state change in the circuit as a device goes off-hook and the circuit transitions from an idle state to a busy state and current flows, for example. See also line, signal, signaling and control, and trunk.

seizure Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • generalize: There are several different kinds of generalized seizures which may look very different.
  • trigger: Large amounts of any liquid, even water, can trigger a seizure in a person with epilepsy.
  • generalize: People who have generalized seizures usually fall to the ground and lose consciousness.
  • induce: Will the new medicine help prevent, or could it induce seizures?

Adjective modifier

  • epileptic: On New Years Eve 1997, I had my first full epileptic seizure.
  • tonic-clonic: Tonic-clonic seizures Basic guidelines From behind, hold the person's head above water.
  • febrile: Clinical features Typically no history of febrile seizure Auras common.
  • clonic: Partial seizures can progress into a generalized tonic clonic seizure.
  • partial: Features of partial seizures of lateral temporal lobe origin.
  • non-epileptic: With non-epileptic seizures there would be no such activity.

Modifies a noun

  • recurrence: The risk of seizure recurrence is greater in the first weeks or months after an initial seizure 1-3.
  • threshold: The seizure threshold may be lowered by external factors.
  • onset: Clustering occurred in nine of ten patients with more than one seizure onset zone.
  • frequency: At the end of the study, average seizure frequency had fallen to forty seizures per week.
  • severity: Title: Remote symptomatic epilepsy does seizure severity increase mortality?

Noun used with modifier

  • lobe: Back to top Clinical diagnosis The evolution in time of frontal lobe seizures.
  • Bolshevik: After the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917, the memory of the war was subsumed into the history of the revolutionary process.
  • tonic: They are mainly clonic, sometimes with apnoeic spells; tonic seizures have rarely been described.
  • absence: Absence seizures may occur in clusters, dozens of times a day.
  • onset: This may also be considered in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome with early onset seizures.

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