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postictally

postictally adverb: occurring after an epileptic seizure.

Adverb

postictally (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after an epileptic seizure.
    • Occasionally there is marked alteration in mood and behaviour postictally; less often a true psychosis occurs postictally which, although typically self-limiting, sometimes dominates the presentation.2015, Simon Shorvon, The Treatment of Epilepsy

Origin of postictally

From postictal + -ly.

Questions about postictally

What does postictally mean?
Postictally means occurring after an epileptic seizure.
What part of speech is postictally?
Postictally is an adverb.

Words near postictally in the dictionary

  1. postiches
  2. posticipate
  3. posticous
  4. posticously
  5. postictal
  6. postictally
  7. posticteric
  8. postideological
  9. postie
  10. posties
  11. postil

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