Tom knows what to do when Mary has an epileptic seizure.
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Epileptic
//ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk//
Synonyms for "epileptic" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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9 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιληπτικός adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Assamese
1 entries- আঁৱৰীয়া noun (person who has epilepsy)
Bengali
1 entries- মৃগীরোগী noun (person who has epilepsy)
Catalan
2 entries- epilèptic adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilèptic noun (person who has epilepsy)
Czech
3 entries- epileptický adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epileptik noun (person who has epilepsy)
- epileptička noun (person who has epilepsy)
Danish
2 entries- epileptisk adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epileptiker noun (person who has epilepsy)
Esperanto
4 entries- epilepsia adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilepsiula adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- epilepsiulina adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- virepilepsiula adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
French
1 entries- épileptique adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
German
4 entries- epileptisch adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- fallsüchtig adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- Epileptiker noun (person who has epilepsy)
- Epileptikerin noun (person who has epilepsy)
Greek
3 entries- επιληπτικός adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- επιληπτικός adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- επιληπτικός noun (person who has epilepsy)
Hindi
4 entries- अपस्मारिक adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- अपस्मारिक adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- अपस्मारी adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- अपस्मारी adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
Hungarian
3 entries- epilepsziás adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epileptikus adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilepsziás noun (person who has epilepsy)
Irish
4 entries- titimeach adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- titimeach adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- titimis adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- titimeach noun (person who has epilepsy)
Italian
4 entries- epilettico adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilettico adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- epilettica noun (person who has epilepsy)
- epilettico noun (person who has epilepsy)
Malay
1 entries- epileptik adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- epileptisk adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- epileptisk adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Old English
1 entries- fiellesēoc adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Polish
4 entries- epileptyczny adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epileptyczny adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- epileptyczka noun (person who has epilepsy)
- epileptyk noun (person who has epilepsy)
Portuguese
4 entries- epiléptico adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epiléptico adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- epilético adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilético adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
Russian
2 entries- эпилепти́ческий adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- эпиле́птик noun (person who has epilepsy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- epilèptičkī adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- епилѐптичкӣ adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
- epilèptičār noun (person who has epilepsy)
- epilèptičārka noun (person who has epilepsy)
Spanish
1 entries- epiléptico adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Volapük
4 entries- hipeiläpanik adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- jipeiläpanik adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- peiläpanik adj (of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics)
- peiläpik adj (of or relating to epilepsy)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and off-times into the water.
Source: tatoeba (1326255)
A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights.
Source: tatoeba (1693212)
Certain conditions may trigger previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy.
Source: tatoeba (1693214)
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