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convulsion

a violent involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles
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convulsion

[kən′vəl·shən]
(medicine)
An episode of involuntary, generally violent muscular contractions, rhythmically alternated with periods of relaxation; associated with many systematic and neurological diseases.
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And our springtime favourites Daffodils -- if a dog digs up and chews on the bulb it could lead to vomiting, diarrhoea and convulsions."
'Seizures or convulsions are known potential side effects of nicotine toxicity and have been reported in the scientific literature in relation to intentional or accidental swallowing of e-liquid,'' she said.
The court heard that from the age of seven months Abdul Haadi had a history of febrile convulsions - which are fits which can happen when a child has a high fever.
A study done by Ehsanipoor et al [21], children between 6 months to 5 years of age were classified into three groups like children with febrile seizures, children with fever without convulsion and children with convulsions without fever.
The doctor didn't seem to know what to do (she was very helpful though) and they were discussing in front of us while our daughter was having the convulsion.'
PTZ convulsions: [10] PTZ at a dose of 60 mg/kg i.p was given to produce convulsion in all mice.
Convulsions occur as a result of these processes (2).
This study aimed to determine if the CD38/cADPR pathway plays a role in ropivacaine-induced convulsion, as well as to explore the underlying mechanism.
Case-control study of the relationship between anemia and febrile convulsion in children between 9 months and 5 years of age.
But because of the emergency physicians focused on convulsion such kind of fractures and dislocations could be overlooked.
The mosquito-borne disease can cause fever, convulsions and coma and is more likely to kill children than adults.
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