| A | B |
|---|
| anticonvulsants | drugs used to manage seizure disorders |
| convulsion | sudden, involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body, often accompanies with loss of consciousness |
| epilepsy | permanent, recurrent seizure disorder |
| generalized seizures | involve a loss of consciousness |
| gingival hyperplasia | overgrowth of gum tissue |
| motor seizures | uncontrolled stiffening or jerking in one part of the body such as the finger, mouth, hand or foot that may progress to the entire limb |
| myoclonic seizures | sudden, forceful contractions of single or multiple groups of muscles |
| nystagmus | constant, involuntary movement of the eyeball |
| tonic-clonic seizure | alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles, loss of consciousness and abnormal behavior |
| somatosensory seizure | a partial seizure presenting with flashing lights or a change in taste or speech |
| partial seizure | most common type of epileptic seizure, arise from localized area of the brain & cause specific symptoms; consciousness can be impaired and variable |
| seizure | periodic disturbances of the brain's electrical activity |
| pancytopenia | decrease in all the cellular components of the blood |
| status epilepticus | an emergency characterized by continual seizure activity with no interruption |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| ataxia | loss of control of voluntary movement, especially gait |
| precipitation | condensation of a solid from a solution during a chemical reaction |
