interictal
interictal adjective: between episodes, attacks, or paroxysms; as (usually, more specifically).
Adjective
interictal (not comparable)
- Between episodes, attacks, or paroxysms; as (usually, more specifically)
- Between epileptic seizures.
- Considering these data, the spatial relationships between lesions and the localization of interictal spikes can vary and seem to depend on the lesion type.2009, François Manguière, Isabelle Merlet, Julien Jung, “66: Experimental Neurophysiological Techniques”, in Simon D. Shorvon, Emilio Perucca, Jerome Engel, Jr., editors, The Treatment of Epilepsy...
- The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily clinical; however, routine interictal EEG plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of patients with this paroxysmal neurological disorder (Binnie and Stefan 1999; Pillai and Sperling 2006).2012, José L. Fernández-Torre, “101: Interictal EEG”, in C. P. Panayiotopoulos, S.R. Benbadis, R.G. Beran, A.T. Berg, J. Engel, Jr., A.S. Galanopoulou, editors, Atlas of Epilepsies, volume 3, page 701
Synonyms of interictal
Forms of interictal
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Origin of interictal
From inter- + ictal.
Words formed from interictal
- interictal discharge
- interictally
- interictal spike
Questions about interictal
- What does interictal mean?
- Interictal means between episodes, attacks, or paroxysms; as (usually, more specifically).
- What part of speech is interictal?
- Interictal is an adjective.
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