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noun
A serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which an epileptic seizure becomes prolonged or multiple seizures occur successively without regaining of functions interictally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness; can lead to brain damage and death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: epilepsy
History
From Latin.
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