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Status epilepticus Moderate

Status epilepticus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness; can lead to brain damage and death

2

A serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which an epileptic seizure becomes prolonged or multiple seizures occur successively without regaining of functions interictally.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
epilepsy
Rhyming Words
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