Psychomotor Epilepsy (Noun)
Meaning
Epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Psychomotor epilepsy was a rare and poorly understood condition when her mother was first diagnosed in the 1950s.
- Research suggests that individuals with psychomotor epilepsy are often prone to increased levels of stress and anxiety during seizures.
- It was challenging to find witnesses to corroborate his alibi for the night in question due to his alleged psychomotor epilepsy and blackouts.
- Symptoms of psychomotor epilepsy, including unusual bodily movements, sometimes masqueraded as awkward physical habits rather than medical warning signs.
- Clinical evaluations led doctors to determine the diagnosis was in fact a result of temporal lobe disturbances causing her psychomotor epilepsy.