jacksonian epilepsy

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   focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body

   Broadercortical epilepsy

Questions about jacksonian epilepsy

What does jacksonian epilepsy mean?

jacksonian epilepsy means "focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body".

Is jacksonian epilepsy a common word?

jacksonian epilepsy 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.