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Seizure vs Interictal - What's the difference?

seizure | interictal |

As a noun seizure

is the act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

As an adjective interictal is

(medicine) between epileptic seizures.

seizure

English

Noun

(en noun) (Search and seizure) (wikipedia seizure)
  • The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
    • the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
    The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VII
    • As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
  • A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
    • He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.
  • A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
    • He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
  • (obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership
  • * Dryden
    • Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
  • That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

    • interictal

    English

    (Ictal)

    Alternative forms

    * inter-ictal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Between epileptic seizures.
  • * 2009 , François Manguière, Isabelle Merlet, Julien Jung, 66: Experimental Neurophysiological Techniques'', Simon D. Shorvon, Emilio Perucca, Jerome Engel, Jr. (editors), ''The Treatment of Epilepsy , page 839,
    • Considering these data, the spatial relationships between lesions and the localization of interictal spikes can vary and seem to depend on the lesion type.
  • * 2012', José L. Fernández-Torre, ''101: '''Interictal EEG'', C. P. Panayiotopoulos, S.R. Benbadis, R.G. Beran, A.T. Berg, J. Engel, Jr., A.S. Galanopoulou (editors), ''Atlas of Epilepsies , Volume 3, page 701,
    • The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily clinical; however, routine interictal EEG plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of patients with this paroxysmal neurological disorder (Binnie and Stefan 1999; Pillai and Sperling 2006).
  • * 2012 , Daniel C. Potts, James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, Chapter 30: Sleep Disorders and Degenerative Neurologic Disorders'', Paul R. Carney, Richard B. Berry, James D. Geyer (editors), ''Clinical Sleep Disorders , page 400,
    • This sleep disruption may, in part, be related to the interictal' discharge. The ' interictal discharge is the electrical signature typically associated with epilepsy between seizures.
  • * 2012 , Margitta Seeck, Donald L. Schomer, Ernst Nidermeyer, Chapter 33: Intercranial Monitoring: Depth, Subdural, and Foramen Ovale Electrodes'', Donald L. Schomer, Fernando Lopes da Silva (editors), ''Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography , page 677,
    • This may be the reason why most authorities in the field recommend relying mainly on the ictal data, and less on the interictal EEG.

    Derived terms

    * interictal discharge * interictal spike

    Related terms

    * ictal * preictal * postictal