- epileptogenic
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adjective
Date: circa 1882
inducing or tending to induce epilepsy <an epileptogenic drug>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
epileptogenic
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epileptogenic — ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic .lep tə jen ik adj inducing or tending to induce epilepsy <an epileptogenic drug> * * * adj. having the capacity to provoke epileptic seizures. * * * ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic (ep″ĭ lep to jenґik) [epilepsy + genic]… … Medical dictionary
epileptogenic focus secondary — a second focus that develops in a different part of the brain because of a spread of the pathologic process outward from the original epileptogenic focus; it may develop into a new, independent focus that continues to operate after the original… … Medical dictionary
epileptogenic — ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic (ĕp ə lĕp tə jĕnʹĭk) adj. Having the capacity to induce epilepsy. * * * … Universalium
epileptogenic — adjective Of, pertaining to or giving rise to epileptogenesis … Wiktionary
epileptogenic — ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic … English syllables
epileptogenic — adj. having the capacity to provoke epileptic seizures … The new mediacal dictionary
epileptogenic — |epə|leptə|jenik adjective Etymology: epilept + genic : inducing or tending to induce epilepsy … Useful english dictionary
epileptogenic, epileptogenous — Causing epilepsy … Medical dictionary
epileptogenic focus — the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for causing epileptic seizures … Medical dictionary
epileptogenic zone — see under focus … Medical dictionary
