Medical term:

pseudoseizure

hys·ter·ic con·vul·sion

, hysteroid convulsion

convulsions resulting from conversion disorder (for which hysteria is an older form). See: psychogenic seizure. Compare: somatoform disorder.

Synonym(s): pseudoseizure, psychogenic convulsion

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pseudoseizure

(sood?o-se'zhur) [ pseudo- + seizure]

A series of movements or behaviors that resemble a seizure but are not caused by abnormal electrical brain activity. Some are simulated for secondary gain, and some by psychological causes; they can be stopped by an act of will. Synonym: nonepileptic attack disorder; psychogenic nonepileptic seizure

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