Epilepsy Medicine Glossary
100 terms total — 4 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
Functional hemispherectomy
A surgical procedure that disconnects one brain hemisphere while leaving most tissue in place. Used for severe hemispheric epilepsy.
VEEG
Video-electroencephalography monitoring combining brain wave recording with video observation.
Video-EEG monitoring
Simultaneous recording of clinical behavior and brain electrical activity to correlate seizure symptoms with EEG changes...
Wada test
Invasive procedure to determine language and memory dominance before epilepsy surgery by temporarily anesthetizing one b...
West syndrome
An age-specific epileptic encephalopathy characterized by infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and developmental regression...