Glossary

A seizure disorder that cannot be controlled with two anticonvulsant drugs. Refractory epilepsy is found in about a third of ...

Recurrent epileptic seizures that occur in reaction to a specific stimulus, such as photic stimulation while looking at flashing lights ...

Convulsive attacks that occur as a result of intermittent light stimulus.  

Epilepsy with onset in early childhood. This type of epilepsy is characterized by a variety of seizure patterns and an ...

Epilepsy that cannot be controlled by two or more anticonvulsant drugs.  

The neurilemma of small branches of nerve filaments.  

To extract the hair by the roots.  

Suture of an abdominal wound in the epigastric area.  

Contraction of the upper portion of the rectus abdominis muscle when the skin of the epigastric region is scratched.  

A polyphenol compound present in green tea that inhibits the growth of cancer cells in the laboratory. Its effect on ...