Word Finder - seizure

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

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The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

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A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

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He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

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A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

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He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

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That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

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Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.

Cowed by the bold seizure of their leaders, the states of Holland submitted.

An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.

A new descent into Italy, a new seizure of Rome, proved of no avail.

The seizure may release a neuropeptide that regulates mood.

Russia's swift seizure of the arms control initiative helped shift the logjam.

Stress Stress is recognized as a possible seizure precipitant.

Kurious Orange The kick as sudden onrush of energy, the orgasmic seizure from which the word ' jazz ' was derived.

This late seizure recurrence was not associated with any identified risk factors.

Full seizure remission was seen in less than 15% .

Large amounts of any liquid, even water, can trigger a seizure in a person with epilepsy.

Partial seizures can progress into a generalized tonic clonic seizure.

The seizure threshold may be lowered by external factors.

He was hospitalized after allegedly suffering a seizure, falling, and hitting his head.

By 8pm that night we found out Charley is a very healthy, fat, 9 year old black lab, with a double ear infection so severe it displayed itself as a seizure.

The major observable difference between the jerking of benign sleep myoclonus and an actual seizure is that the former will stop as soon as the affected infant is woken up.

For people with intellectual disability multiple seizure types are common and up to three-quarters of patients remain refractory to treatment.

Napoleon showed his indifference to the opinion of the tsar by ordering the seizure of the British envoy at Hamburg, Sir George Rumbold (24th of October); but set him free on the remonstrance of the king of Prussia, with whom he then desired to remain on friendly terms. Nevertheless, the general trend of his policy was such as powerfully to help on the formation of the Third Coalition against France - a compact which Pitt (who returned to power in May 1804) had found it very difficult to arrange.

He remained, however, in complete ignorance of the degree of preparation attained on the Russian side, and since the seizure of Warsaw together with the control of the resources of Poland in men and material its occupation would afford, was the chief factor in his calculation, he turned at once to the eastward as soon as all further organized resistance in Prussia was ended by the surrender of Prenzlau and Lubeck.

The importance of the gold-mines of the district led to its seizure by the Romans in 143 B.C. The centre of the mining industry seems to have been Victumulae (see TIcINUM), until in too B.C. a colony of Roman citizens was founded at Eporedia itself; but the prosperity of this was only assured when the Salassi were finally defeated in 25 B.C. and Augusta Praetoria founded.

The seizure by Russia of the Chinese fortress of Port Arthur, which she had a few years previously, in concert with other powers, compelled Japan to relinquish, was from the Russian point of view the logical outcome of her eastward expansion and her need for an ice-free harbour on the Pacific. The extension of the Trans-Siberian railway through Manchuria to Port Arthur and a large measure of influence in Manchuria followed equally naturally.

The regalia controversy, which broke out in 1673, led up to the classic declaration of the Gallican clergy of 1682; and, when aggravated by a conflict over the immunity of the palace of the French ambassador at Rome, resulted in 1688 in the suspension of diplomatic relations with Innocent XI., the imprisonment of the papal nuncio, and the seizure of Avignon and the Venaissin.

This act was followed in 1867 by the confiscation of church property, and on the 10th of September 1870 by the triumphant seizure of Rome.

The excuses and explanations later given by Fremont - military preparations by the Californian authorities, the imminence of their attack, ripening British schemes for the seizure of the province, etc. - made up the stock account of historians until the whole truth came out in 1886 (in Royce's California).

He died from an apoplectic seizure on the 12th of February 1799, at Pavia.

Full seizure remission was seen in less than 15 %.

During the ten days Callum was in hospital he was given an EEG scan which showed he was in seizure all the time.

All seizure types, except typical absence seizures, can be observed in children with tuberous sclerosis complex.

The risk of seizure recurrence is greater in the first weeks or months after an initial seizure 1-3.

Clustering occurred in nine of ten patients with more than one seizure onset zone.

Tonic seizure tend to last no longer than 10 seconds.

Ginko Biloba- Increased risk of seizure when taken with Tricyclic antidepressants.

There is a reported increase in the incidence of seizures in people with prior seizure disorders or with those who are taking anesthetics.

Medicines for mental illness have a high risk of seizure associated with them, so do not take these in conjunction with EPO.

Large doses of black cohosh can induce seizure, irregular heartbeat and visual disturbance.

If you suspect that you may have had a seizure, see a doctor immediately and discontinue use of black cohosh supplements.

In the event of an overdose, the individual might experience convulsions where he or she shakes rapidly and has a seizure, heart attack or stroke.

Is the person shaking uncontrollably or having a seizure?

Jett Travolta apparently had a history of seizures, but it is not yet known as to whether or not a seizure is what lead him to hit his head in the bathtub.

Parents who observe what they believe to be a seizure while their baby is asleep should try to wake the infant gently.

Amplifying the phrase, "wrong place at the wrong time", the intro movie has Lucas sitting in a diner's bathroom having a seizure and stabbing crazy symbols on his arms.

This page provides all sorts of information related to seizure risk, repetitive motion injuries, motion sickness, console damage, and battery leakage.

Other complications include the development of a seizure disorder or the abnormal accumulation of fluid within the brain (hydrocephalus).

The seizure activity itself is generally characterized as clonic (consisting of rhythmic jerking movements of the arms and/or legs), or tonic-clonic (commencing with a stiffening of the body followed by a clonic phase).

The majority of children who experience a febrile seizure will only have one in their lifetime; approximately 33 percent will go on to have more than one.

A seizure occurs when the normal electrical patterns of the brain become disrupted.

A febrile seizure is caused by fever, most commonly a high fever that has risen quickly.

Approximately one third of children who have had a febrile seizure will experience recurrent seizures.

A healthcare provider should be contacted after a febrile seizure.

The caregiver who was present with the child while he or she was having the seizure will be asked questions relating to the child's behaviors in an attempt to determine the type of seizure.

Physicians may administer tests to rule out conditions other than fever that could have caused the seizure, such as epilepsy, meningitis, or encephalitis.