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Redirect|Convulse|Finnish death metal band|Convulse (band)Infobox disease| Name = Convulsion| Image =| Caption =| DiseasesDB =| ICD10 =| ICD9 = ICD9|780.3| ICDO =| OMIM =| MedlinePlus =| eMedicineSubj =| eMedicineTopic =| MeshID = D012640A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000021.htm Medlineplus medical encyclopedia Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an seizure|epileptic seizure , the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure . However, not all epileptic seizures lead to convulsions, and not all convulsions are caused by epileptic seizures. Convulsions are also consistent with an electric shock. For non-epileptic convulsions, see non-epileptic seizures .
The word "fit" is sometimes used to mean a convulsion or epileptic seizure. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fit%5B3%5D Merriam-Webster: Fit.
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