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seizure vs focal seizure

focal seizure vs seizure

seizure and focal seizure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
seizure Yes No No No
focal seizure Yes No No No
As nouns, focal seizure is a hyponym of seizure; that is, focal seizure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seizure:
  • seizure: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
  • focal seizure: transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity
Other hyponyms of seizure include convulsion, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence, absence seizure.
seizure (noun) focal seizure (noun)
the taking possession of something by legal process transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
the act of taking of a person by force
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
Difference between seizure and focal seizure

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