Definition of Traumatic epilepsy

1. Noun. A convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury.

Exact synonyms: Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Generic synonyms: Epilepsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Traumatic Epilepsy

traumasthenia
traumata
traumatic
traumatic acid
traumatic amenorrhoea
traumatic amnesia
traumatic amputation
traumatic anaemia
traumatic anaesthesia
traumatic aneurysm
traumatic asphyxia
traumatic bone cyst
traumatic cataract
traumatic dermatitis
traumatic encephalopathy
traumatic epilepsy (current term)
traumatic fever
traumatic gastritis
traumatic herpes
traumatic meningocele
traumatic neurasthenia
traumatic neuritis
traumatic neurosis
traumatic occlusion
traumatic orchitis
traumatic pneumonia
traumatic progressive encephalopathy
traumatic psychosis
traumatic reticuloperitonitis
traumatic retinopathy

Literary usage of Traumatic epilepsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"TWO CASES OF OPERATION FOR traumatic epilepsy; IN ONE OF WHICH THE LATERAL VENTRICLE ... CASE I. traumatic epilepsy; wide opening of the lateral ventricle; ..."

2. Surgical Diagnosis by Daniel Nathan Eisendrath (1909)
"The diagnosis of traumatic epilepsy depends upon a careful analysis of the following factors: First, an accurate history of a recent or old trauma to the ..."

3. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal (1828)
"traumatic epilepsy cured by Trephining.—We have been favoured by the editors, with the first number of the Transylvania Journal of Medicine, and have been ..."

4. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER V OPERATIONS FOR traumatic epilepsy AND INSANITY: CLOSURE OF ... A. In traumatic epilepsy. According to the laic Professor von Bergmann,l the ..."

5. Brain Surgery by Moses Allen Starr (1893)
"traumatic epilepsy. The Operation for Epilepsy. Records of Cases of Epilepsy operated upon. ... and traumatic epilepsy. The Results of Trephining for ..."

6. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"The principal psychoses occurring at » late stage are associated with traumatic epilepsy. In these instances distinct pathological changes will be found, ..."

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