WordNet
n. epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations [syn: temporal lobe epilepsy]
Usage examples of "psychomotor epilepsy".
Benson's case, you get what is called psychomotor epilepsy —.
A classic study on higher brain function is the work of the Canadian neurosurgeon, Wilder Penfield, on the electrical stimulation of various parts of the cerebral cortex, generally in attempts to relieve symptoms of a disease such as psychomotor epilepsy.
And if youve read Michael Crichtons THE TERMINAL MAN you know that the brain storm caused by psychomotor epilepsy can turn a normal human being into a psychopathic killer in moments.
Routine physical examinations of Conner had disclosed abnormal EEG patterns akin to, but different from, those associated with hereditary migraine and some psychomotor epilepsy.