What does seizure mean?

Definitions for seizure
ˈsi ʒərseizure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seizure, ictus, raptusnoun

    a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

    "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

  2. capture, gaining control, seizurenoun

    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

  3. capture, seizurenoun

    the act of taking of a person by force

  4. seizurenoun

    the taking possession of something by legal process

Wiktionary

  1. seizurenoun

    The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

    The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

  2. seizurenoun

    A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

    He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.

  3. seizurenoun

    A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

    He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seizurenoun

    Etymology: from seize.

    Sufficient that thy pray’rs are heard, and death,
    Then due by sentence when thou did’st transgress,
    Defeated of his seizure, many days
    Giv’n thee of grace. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Thy lands, and all things that thou do’st call thine,
    Worth seizure, do we seize into our hands. William Shakespeare.

    In the general town he maintained a seizure, and possession of the whole. Henry Wotton.

    Henry continued to burn protestants, after he had cast off the pope; and his seizure of ecclesiastical revenues cannot be reckoned as a mark of the church’s liberty. Jonathan Swift.

    And shall these hands, so lately purg’d of blood,
    Unyoke this seizure, and this kind regreet? William Shakespeare.

    Make o’er thy honour by a deed of trust,
    And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. Dryden.

    Let there be no sudden seizure of a lapsed syllable to play upon it. Isaac Watts.

Wikipedia

  1. Seizure

    An epileptic seizure, informally known as a seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with loss of consciousness (tonic-clonic seizure), to shaking movements involving only part of the body with variable levels of consciousness (focal seizure), to a subtle momentary loss of awareness (absence seizure). Most of the time these episodes last less than two minutes and it takes some time to return to normal. Loss of bladder control may occur.Seizures may be provoked and unprovoked. Provoked seizures are due to a temporary event such as low blood sugar, alcohol withdrawal, abusing alcohol together with prescription medication, low blood sodium, fever, brain infection, or concussion. Unprovoked seizures occur without a known or fixable cause such that ongoing seizures are likely. Unprovoked seizures may be exacerbated by stress or sleep deprivation. Epilepsy describes brain disease in which there has been at least one unprovoked seizure and where there is a high risk of additional seizures in the future. Conditions that look like epileptic seizures but are not include: fainting, nonepileptic psychogenic seizure and tremor.A seizure that lasts for more than a brief period is a medical emergency. Any seizure lasting longer than five minutes should be treated as status epilepticus. A first seizure generally does not require long-term treatment with anti-seizure medications unless a specific problem is found on electroencephalogram (EEG) or brain imaging. Typically it is safe to complete the work-up following a single seizure as an outpatient. In many, with what appears to be a first seizure, other minor seizures have previously occurred.Up to 10% of people have at least one epileptic seizure. Provoked seizures occur in about 3.5 per 10,000 people a year while unprovoked seizures occur in about 4.2 per 10,000 people a year. After one seizure, the chance of experiencing a second is about 50%. Epilepsy affects about 1% of the population at any given time with about 4% of the population affected at some point in time. Many places require people to stop driving until they have not had a seizure for a specific period.

ChatGPT

  1. seizure

    A seizure is a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain that can cause changes in behavior, movements or feelings, and levels of consciousness. It can last from a few seconds to a few minutes and may manifest in different forms, such as convulsions, loss of consciousness, blank staring, rapid eye movement, or abnormal sensations. Seizures are often associated with conditions like epilepsy, high fever, or brain injury.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seizurenoun

    the act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

  2. Seizurenoun

    retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership

  3. Seizurenoun

    that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed

Wikidata

  1. Seizure

    An epileptic seizure is a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement or as mild as a brief loss of awareness. It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various other psychic symptoms. Sometimes it is not accompanied by convulsions but a full body "slump", where the person simply will lose body control and slump to the ground. The medical syndrome of recurrent, unprovoked seizures is termed epilepsy, but seizures can occur in people who do not have epilepsy. For more information, see non-epileptic seizure. Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people worldwide, nearly 80% of whom live in developing countries. About 4% of all people will have an unprovoked seizure by the age of 80 and the chance of experiencing a second seizure is between 30% and 50%. Treatment may reduce the chance of a second one by as much as half. Most single episode seizures are managed by primary care physicians, whereas investigation and management of ongoing epilepsy is usually done by neurologists. Difficult-to-manage epilepsy may require consultation with an epileptologist, a neurologist with an interest in epilepsy.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seizure

    sē′zhūr, n. act of seizing: capture: grasp: the thing seized: a sudden attack.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. seizure

    The right of naval officers to seize anywhere afloat, is legally established: a ship, therefore, although incapable of cruising, may still make a seizure in port.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seizure in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seizure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of seizure in a Sentence

  1. Isabelle Kumar:

    We told Emirates every step of the way that Eli had epilepsy( and autism) but when we asked for a seat with a vacant seat next to it in case he had a seizure they suddenly wanted to see the medical certificate.

  2. Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri:

    I am openly saying that Britain should be scared of Iran's retaliatory measures over the illegal seizure of the Iranian oil tanker.

  3. Jessica Drain:

    They told me that my son was bleeding out of his head, he was laying there, he had a seizure his eyes rolled to the back of his head.

  4. Leah Greenbaum:

    As a mother, you’re constantly on guard, you don’t sleep, we have a video intercom to watch her, but there’s no warning when she’s going to seizure.

  5. David Ficker:

    If someone is on more than one seizure medicine, the risk of birth defects increases.

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