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uncinate — 1. Hooklike or hook shaped. 2. Relating to an uncus or, specifically, to the u. gyrus (2) or a process of the pancreas or of a vertebra. SYN: unciform. [L. uncinatus] * * * un·ci·nate ən(t) sə .nāt adj 1) bent at the tip like a hook … Medical dictionary
uncinate fit — n a seizure of a form of temporal lobe epilepsy that originates in the region of the uncus and is characterized by hallucinations of taste and odor and disturbances of consciousness … Medical dictionary
Epilepsy — (seizure disorder): When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times higher than normal, this causes a sort of electrical storm in the brain, known as a seizure. A pattern of repeated seizures is referred to as … Medical dictionary
aura — Also known as aural phenomenon and psychical state. The term aura is Greek for wind, breeze, or smell. Its introduction into medicine has been attributed to the Greek physician Pelops, the master of the great Galen of Pergamum (129 c. 216 AD) … Dictionary of Hallucinations
epilepsy and hallucinations — The term epilepsy comes from the Greek verb epilambanein (to attack). It refers to a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. The introduction of the term epilepsy is generally attributed to the Persian physician and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
dreamy state — Also referred to as dreamy mental state and intellectual aura. The term dreamy state was introduced in or shortly before 1879 by the British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835 1911), as a somewhat paradoxical replacement for the term… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
hallucinatory epilepsy — A term used to denote a focal type of epilepsy presenting in the form of a brief, paroxysmal, stereotyped, and irresistible hallucinatory state. This state tends to take the form of a * complex or * compound hallucination lasting some 10… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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fit — 1. An attack of an acute disease or the sudden appearance of some symptom, such as coughing. 2. A convulsion. 3. (plural) epilepsy 4. In dentistry, the adaptation of any dental restoration, e.g., of an inla … Medical dictionary
olfactory aura — The term olfactory aura comes from the Latin words ol(e)facere (to smell) and aura (breeze, smell). It is used to denote a type of *aura manifesting itself in the form of an * olfactory hallucination or * parosmia (i.e. an olfactory *illusion) … Dictionary of Hallucinations
