Epileptic

//ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has epilepsy.

    "The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution.""

  2. 2
    a person who has epilepsy wordnet
  3. 3
    A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to epilepsy. not-comparable

    "The children die off in vast numbers: those pale roses are all nerves. Hence, will presently burst forth the epileptic dances of the fourteenth century."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people). not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
allergicanemicantiepilepticapoplecticarthriticbilious

Example

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"Tom knows what to do when Mary has an epileptic seizure."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).

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