A diagnosis of absence seizures is made when parents or teachers report that the child is having staring spells and the doctor sees a typical pattern on the childâs EEG. Typical absence seizures can often be triggered in the doctorâs office by asking the child to hyperventilate (breathe fast and deeply).
chi noun (energy) âº [U] medical uk / tÊiË / us or qi in some systems of Chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In chemistry, denotes the 22nd in a series. 3. Symbol for the dihedral angle between the Î±-carbon and the side-chains of amino acids in peptides and proteins. 4. (chÄ) In Asian medical traditions, the force of energy existing in all life forms. Chi manifests as five differentelements; these are labeled according to either the Asian or Ayurvedic tradition. Synonym(s): qi.