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| anticonvulsant |
a substance that prevents or controls convulsions, as in the treatment of epilepsy. |
| carbamazepine |
an anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy. |
| catalepsy |
a condition, often associated with epilepsy and schizophrenia, in which the body becomes numb and the limbs rigid, and the victim loses consciousness or fails to respond to external stimuli. |
| epileptic |
of or indicating epilepsy. [3 definitions] |
| falling sickness |
see "epilepsy." |
| grand mal |
a kind of epilepsy characterized by convulsions and loss of consciousness. (Cf. petit mal). |
| petit mal |
a form of epilepsy characterized by unconsciousness for short periods of time, but usu. no convulsions. (Cf. grand mal.) |
| seizure |
a sudden and violent disruption of usual brain activity, such as that which occurs in epilepsy, which affects the nervous system temporarily and renders the body out of control. [1/3 definitions] |
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