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focal seizure

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noun

Pathology.

  1. an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.

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“He was having a focal seizure.”

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