tonic-clonic seizure
C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
A generalised seizure with a stiffening phase followed by rhythmic jerking of the limbs, often with loss of consciousness.
The tonic-clonic seizure was followed by a period of confusion and drowsiness.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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