microdysgenesiamedical dictionary

Increase in partially distopic neurones in the stratum zonale, white matter, hippocampus and cerebellar cortex, producing an indistinct border between cortex and subcortical white matter and a columnar arrangement of cortical neurones; seen in patients with primary generalised epilepsy.

Origin: micro-+ dys-+ G. Genesis, production

(05 Mar 2000)