pseudoseizure
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A psychogenic nonepileptic seizure, distinguished from epilepsy only in not being associated with abnormal, rhythmic discharges of cortical neurons.
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English seize English -ure English seizure English pseudoseizure From pseudo- + seizure.