Uncinate epilepsy
uncinate epilepsy n.
A form of psychomotor epilepsy initiated by a dreamy state and by hallucinations of smell and taste, usually caused by a medial temporal lesion. Also called uncinate fit.
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- Uncinate fit
uncinate fit n. See uncinate epilepsy.
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uncinate gyrus n. See uncus.
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- Uncinus
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