photoepileptic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌfoʊ.toʊˌɛpɪˈlɛp.tɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌfəʊ.təʊˌɛpɪˈlɛp.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From photo- + epileptic or photoepilepsy + -tic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, uncommon) Of, pertaining, affected by, or causing photoepilepsy.
The oscillating visual stimulus required to elicit an SSVEP can be (depending on the stimulation frequency) annoying for the user and even dangerous since it can trigger photoepileptic seizures.
2008 August, Gary Garcia Molina, “Detection of high-frequency steady state visual evoked potentials using phase rectified reconstruction”, in 2008 16th European Signal Processing Conference, archived from the original on 24 May 2024, page 1:This report focuses on generalized photoepileptic responses (PERs) not previously reported in patients with subdural electrodes.
2013 February 12, Lakshmi Mukundan, Octavian Lie, Linda Leary, Alexander Papanastassiou, Lola Morgan, Charles Szabo, “Subdural Recording of Generalized Photoepileptic Responses in a Patient with Focal Cortical Dysplasia (P06.174)”, in Neurology, volume 80, number 7, →DOI:The effect of stroboscopic photostimulation upon an institutionalized, mentally retarded, photoepileptic male was studied.
1979 August, Glenn A. Plaster, Karen J. Lodge, Dallas E. Mulvaney, “Effect of Distance of Photostimulation on a Photosensitive Epileptic Subject”, in Psychological Reports, volume 45, number 1, →DOI, page 271: