Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

status epilepticus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: sta-tus epilep-ti-cus
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which an epileptic seizure becomes prolonged or multiple seizures occur successively without regaining of functions interictally.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She was entering the realms of prolonged seizure activity or status epilepticus, which is a medical emergency that carries a 20 per cent risk of death."

Etymology

From Latin.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

pseudostatus epilepticus

Questions

What does status epilepticus mean?: A serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which an epileptic seizure becomes prolonged or multiple seizures occur successively without regaining of functions interictally.
Where does status epilepticus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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