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Epilepsy
//ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsi// noun
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Noun
- 1 A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts. countable, uncountable
"Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness."
- 2 a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions wordnet
Etymology
Since 16th century; borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā), from ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “I seize”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”). Displaced native Old English fiellesēocnes (literally “falling sickness”).
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