Jacksonian epilepsy

Jacksonian epilepsy

noun

Definition of JACKSONIAN EPILEPSY

: epilepsy that is characterized by progressive spreading of the abnormal movements or sensations from a focus affecting a muscle group on one side of the body to adjacent muscles or by becoming generalized and that corresponds to the spread of epileptic activity in the motor cortex

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