- reflex epilepsy
- epileptic seizures occurring in response to sensory (tactile, visual, auditory, or musical) stimuli; called also sensory e. See also audiogenic e., musicogenic e., photogenic e., and reading e.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
reflex epilepsy
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