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au·ra [ awr-uh ]
Etymology:
Latin aura = a breeze
Used for many years of the premonitory sensations experienced before an epileptic convulsion.
Definitions related to aura:
  • Neurological sign operationally defined as failure to report one of two simultaneously presented sensory stimuli, despite the fact that either stimulus alone is correctly reported. Also called sensory inattention.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • Sensations such as chills, flashes of light, or a blind spot that come just before the occurrence of medical problems such as migraines or seizures.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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