epileptic attack
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According to three female authors axe murderer Lizzie Borden butchered her family because "her period coincided with an epileptic attack"
From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2020
During a grand mal epileptic attack the cortex is engulfed in hyper-synchronized spiking activity; that is to say, massive amounts of cations flow into cells and the patient quickly loses consciousness.
From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2015
I considered an epileptic attack, to gain time, and sympathy.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2012
He seemed to be losing his senses, his voice grew shrill and he worked his arms about as if he had an epileptic attack.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 by Maupassant, Guy de
In some, this delirium of energy breaks out suddenly like an epileptic attack, which it resembles in its brevity and intensity.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
