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Jacksonian epilepsy

(jak′sō·nē·ən ′ep·ə′lep·sē)

(medicine) Recurrent Jacksonian seizures.

 
 
Medical Dictionary: jack·so·ni·an epilepsy
(jăk-sō'nē-ən)
n.

A form of focal epilepsy in which a seizure progresses from the distal to the proximal muscles of a limb.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: Jacksonian epilepsy

A form of epilepsy marked by clonic movements that start in one muscle group and spread systematically to adjacent groups.

 
WordNet: Jacksonian epilepsy
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body

 
 

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