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Falling sickness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Epilepsy. archaic, uncountable

    "Casca. He fell down in the market-place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless. Brutus. 'T is very like: he hath the falling sickness."

Etymology

Compare Old English fiellesēocnes, German Fallsucht.

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