Definition of Epilepsy

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Tip 1 - A Revised Definition of Epilepsy

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Don Trull | permalink

Seizures and epilepsy are not the same. An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Epilepsy is a disease characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition. Translation: a seizure is an event and epilepsy is the disease involving recurrent unprovoked seizures.

For further reading: http://www.epilepsy.com/article/2014/4/revised-definition-epilepsy ^[1]

Tip 2 - the definition of epilepsy

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by alainlugenbuhler | permalink

Epilepsy definition, a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal) See more.
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For further reading: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epilepsy ^[2]