See Also: juvenile absence epilepsy(medicine)
epilepsy, absence(medicine)
childhood absence epilepsy(medicine)
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy(medicine)
Epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic(health)
absence(dictionary)
absence(dictionary)
Absence(medicine)
absence seizure(medicine)
Gallbladder absence(health)

clumsy (iou) and juvenile absence epilepsy (medicine)


clumsy (iou)



clumsy adjective. L16.
[from CLUMSE + -Y1: cf. Swedish klumsig numb, clumsy.]
Heavy and awkward in motion or action; awkward in shape; ungainly; lacking in grace or skill; rudely constructed; without tact. L16.
I. D'Israeli A clumsy forgery. G. Orwell He wrote in large clumsy capitals. A. Wilson Tom was..clumsy; he..knocked over full ashtrays.
Numb or stiffened with cold. Only in E17.
clumsily adverb L17.
clumsiness noun M17.

juvenile absence epilepsy (medicine)


juvenile absence epilepsy


A generalised epilepsy syndrome with onset around puberty, characterised by absence seizures and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. EEG often shows a greater than 3 Hz generalised spike wave pattern.