focal seizure

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   transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity

   Broaderseizure

   Part ofcortical epilepsy

Questions about focal seizure

What does focal seizure mean?

focal seizure means "transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity".

Is focal seizure a common word?

focal seizure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.