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Definition of Gelastic

Gelastic
Gelastic Ge*las"tic, a. [Gr. ? inclined to laugh, from ? to laugh.] Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. ``Gelastic muscles.' --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Gelastic from wikipedia

- A gelastic seizure, also known as "gelastic epilepsy", is a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing...
- oxygen. Laughter can cause atonia and collapse ("gelastic syncope"), which in turn can cause trauma . Gelastic seizures can be due to focal lesions to the...
- frequency of one in one million individuals. The classic presentation is gelastic or laughing epilepsy, a disorder characterized by spells of involuntary...
- in self-perception may occur in seizures affecting ****ociation areas. Gelastic seizures, characterized by inappropriate or involuntary laughter, and dacrystic...
- and various encephalitides. Rarer conditions ****ociated with PBA include gelastic epilepsy, dacrystic epilepsy, central pontine myelinolysis, olivopontinocerebellar...
- ecstatic or blissful sensations, ****ual automatisms, ictal fear or laughter (gelastic seizures), and mystic experiences. Such features often reflect activation...
- growths, a hypothalamic hamartoma is symptomatic; it most often causes gelastic seizures, and can cause visual problems, other seizures, rage disorders...
- Pathological laughter can also occur in the absence of pseudobulbar palsy. Gelastic (laughing) seizures are another neurological case of inappropriate or excessive...
- of laughter have no relation to the EEG, ruling out this feature as a gelastic phenomenon EEG anomalies may be used as a quantitative biomarkers to "chart...
- conditions, including Parkinson's condition, Huntington's condition, gelastic epilepsy (gelastic seizure), and behavioral disorders such as apathy, akinesia and...