a momentary loss of consciousness

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• blackout — 1. Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased blood flow to the brain. 2. Momentary loss of consciousness, as in absence. 3. Temporary loss of vision, without alteration of consciousness, due to positive g (g …   Medical dictionary

• Akinesia — Impaired body movement; without movement (or without much movement). Akinesia is a term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of movement. The word akinetic comes from the prefix a meaning without + the Greek word kinesis meaning… …   Medical dictionary

• mo·men·tary — /ˈmoʊmənˌteri, Brit ˈməʊməntəri/ adj : lasting a very short time : lasting only a moment There was a momentary [=brief] pause between songs. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness …   Useful english dictionary

• blackout — lackout n. 1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. [WordNet 1.5] 2. any darkness resulting from the extinction of lights. [WordNet 1.5] 3. the failure of electric power for a general region sufficient to extinguish all normal lighting. Syn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• akinesia — n. a loss of normal muscular tonicity or responsiveness. Akinetic rigid syndrome is used to describe such conditions as parkinsonism and progressive supranuclear palsy. In akinetic epilepsy there is a sudden loss of muscular tonicity, making the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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• petit mal — n. a mild form of epilepsy with only momentary loss of consciousness (cf. GRAND MAL). Etymology: F, = little sickness …   Useful english dictionary

• WOOLF (Wulff), MOSHE — (1878–1971), Israeli psychiatrist and author. Born in Odessa, Russia, Woolf studied medicine in Berlin. Here he started his psychiatric training under Mendel and Jolly and soon became Ziehen s first assistant in the laboratory of the Charité, the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• epilepsy — /ep euh lep see/, n. Pathol. a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal). [1570 80; < LL epilepsia < Gk… …   Universalium

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