Definition of "postictal" []

• Occurring after an epileptic seizure. (adjective)

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• "Throughout, Fera said she was in what is known as a postictal state -- a drowsy, confused condition when the brain recovers from a seizure."
• "In some children, seizures are shorter, or the postictal state is less disabling; some seizures can be aborted by activation of the VNS during the aura."
• "The memory loss consists of two parts: (1) a fully recoverable retrograde amnesia for events preceding the first treatment, with the patient exhibiting a gradient of severity more pronounced for recent than remote events; and (2) an anterograde amnesia for events occurring after the patient awakens from treatment, which is permanent because it results from failure to consolidate new memories during several postictal hours."