epileptogenic

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epileptogenic /ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic/ (-lep″to-jen´ik) causing an epileptic seizure.

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Having the capacity to induce epilepsy.

epileptogenic

[ep′ilep′tōjen′ik]

causing epileptic seizures.

epileptogenic [ep″ĭ-lep″to-jen´ik]

causing an epileptic seizure.

epileptogenic

causing an epileptic seizure, e.g. an epileptogenic scar in the cerebral cortex, or more significantly in the cerebrum and its proximate meningeal tissue.

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