Jacksonian epilepsy

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(jak′sō·nē·ən ′ep·ə′lep·sē)

(medicine) Recurrent Jacksonian seizures.

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(jăk-sō'nē-ən)
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A form of focal epilepsy in which a seizure progresses from the distal to the proximal muscles of a limb.

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A form of epilepsy marked by clonic movements that start in one muscle group and spread systematically to adjacent groups.

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Meaning #1: focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body

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	John Hughlings Jackson (British neurologist)
	seizure
	epilepsy (disease)

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