Ohtahara syndrome

noun

A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.

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Meanings

nounOhtahara syndrome (usually uncountable, plural Ohtahara syndromes)

plural Ohtahara syndromes

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.

Origin

Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.

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Ohtahara syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ohtahara%20syndrome

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