ジャクソンてんかん

Meanings

noun

Jacksonian epilepsy

usually written using kana alonemedicine

A type of epilepsy characterized by focal seizures that may spread along one side of the body, named after the neurologist John Hughlings Jackson. Used primarily in medical contexts.

ジャクソンてんかんは、体からだの一いち部ぶから始はじまるけいれんが特とく徴ちょうです。
Jacksonian epilepsy is characterized by seizures that start in one part of the body.