convulsive disorder
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The doctors diagnosed her as having “psychosis with psychopathic personality and an associate convulsive disorder”, noting her epileptic seizures, her erratic mood swings from talkative euphoria to sullen silence – probably symptoms of bipolar disorder – and her fantastical stories of multiple pregnancies and births, even though a gynecological exam could find no proof Evelyn had ever been pregnant.
From The Guardian
In the world's chancelleries the No. 1 item of wonderment was the Soviet Union's unflaggingly active and aggressive foreign policy in the face of convulsive disorder within the Communist Parties.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was still almost at the height of its rise, but the flood had the tranquil power of a regular phenomenon, and not the convulsive disorder of a scourge.
From Project Gutenberg
About seven days after his elevation he was seized with a convulsive disorder in his neck and died.
From Project Gutenberg
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