Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 発ほっ 作さ が 起お こる for someone to have a seizure/attack
He suddenly had a seizure in the middle of the night.
発ほっ 作さ を 起お こす to have/trigger a seizure or attack
He had an asthma attack and was taken to the hospital.
発ほっ 作さ を 抑おさ える to suppress or control an attack
Taking the medicine allowed him to control the attack.
発ほっ 作さ に 見み 舞ま われる to be struck by a sudden attack/seizure
My grandfather was suddenly struck by a heart attack.
Kanji 発 departure, discharge, publish 作 make, production, prepare Related words 痙攣 refers specifically to convulsions or muscle spasms, while 発作 is the broader term covering any sudden attack, including non-convulsive ones like an asthma or panic attack.
卒中 is an older, narrower term specifically for a stroke, whereas 発作 is the modern, general medical word for any sudden attack or seizure.
発作 is a general word for any sudden attack (asthma, heart, etc.), while 癲癇 specifically names the disease epilepsy or its seizures.
Don't confuse with 発症 means the onset of a disease's symptoms over time, while 発作 refers to a sudden, often brief, episode like a seizure or spasm.
Word family· 14 grand mal seizure; tonic-clonic seizure
petit mal seizure; absence seizure
paroxysmal; ictal
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
asthma attack; asthma exacerbation
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absence seizure
narcolepsy
cataplexy; atonic seizure
epileptic seizure; epileptic fit
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Etymology Compound of 発 (sudden occurrence) and 作 (action, occurrence), referring to a sudden onset of symptoms.
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