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Definitions for Epilepsy
[1] a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal) .
[2] a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by periodic loss of consciousness with or without convulsions. In some cases it is due to brain damage but in others the cause is unknown See also grand mal, petit mal
Words related to Epilepsy
tremor, cramp, contraction, seizure, paroxysm, attack, contortion, fit, throe
Words nearby Epilepsy
epilate, epilation, epilator, epilatory, epilemma, epilepsy, epileptic, epileptiform, epileptogenic, epileptogenic zone, epileptoid
Origin of Epilepsy
1570–80; < Late Latin epilēpsia < Greek epilēpsía epileptic seizure, equivalent to epílēpt(os ) suffering from epilepsy (verbid of epilambánein to get hold of, attack; epi- epi- + lambánein to seize) + -ia -y3, with ti > si
Word origin for Epilepsy
C16: from Late Latin epilēpsia, from Greek, from epilambanein to attack, seize, from lambanein to take
Synonyms for Epilepsy
contraction, cramp, paroxysm, seizure, tremor, attack, contortion, fit, throe, algospasm