Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various neurological disorders characterized by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or psychic malfunction with or without loss of consciousness or convulsive seizures.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A disease of the brain characterized by recurrent attacks of loss of consciousness with severe muscular spasm (major attack), or
- n. loss of consciousness attended with little or no muscular disturbance, or, rarely, slight muscular spasm without loss of consciousness (minor attack).
Wiktionary
- n. A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The “falling sickness,” so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
Etymologies
- French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Greek epilēpsis, from epilambanein, epilēp-, to lay hold of : epi-, epi- + lambanein, to seize.
Examples
“The term epilepsy (pronounced as eh-puh-lep-see) originates from a Greek word 'epilepsia' meaning 'falling sickness' It is an illness that affects the brain, causing repeated seizures or 'fits' in the patient which make them to fall.”
“Dr. under told me one time that all forms of'seizures is a form of epilepsy, but they don't like the term epilepsy anymore. ”
Cruel Deception
“The evaluation of any child for epilepsy surgery requires a team approach, with input from specialists in epilepsy, EEG, neuroradiology, neuropsychology, and neurosurgery — and, of course, ongoing input from patients and families.”
“Medically refractory epilepsy is among many devastating illnesses where surgical resection can be highly beneficial, if not curative.”
“Specific interests in epilepsy including pre - and post-surgical evaluations; sickle cell disease; long-term outcome of children with congenital heart defects and pediatric stroke.”
““They could provide a platform for a range of devices with applications in epilepsy, spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders.””
“The region is also thought to be involved in epilepsy - which Tammet also suffered from as a child - and this could indicate that the three conditions may share some underlying genetic or neurological mechanisms.”
“By some estimates, the mortality rate for people with epilepsy is two to three times higher — and the risk of sudden death is 24 times greater — than that of the general population.”
“I joke that one of the blessings of epilepsy is that I won't have to deal with all of my friends dying off as I get old; I'll be gone before any of you.”
“How, we asked ourselves, do we enlighten the public about this complex set of diseases we call epilepsy?”
The Huffington Post: Lynda Resnick: Help Us Bring Epilepsy Out of the Shadows
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘epilepsy’.
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English words that came from French
I'm a French teacher, so these are always good to find
aerosol, epilepsy, odometer, fondant, luster, Caroline, angel, flageolet, retour, ambuscade, amortize
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disorder (psychological)
various psychological disorders, imbalances. supposed reasons for the mentally insane. crazy talk yo.
loosely connected to traits (bad)
( randomness, descriptive, psycho...crazy, schizophrenia, narcissism, obsessive compulsion, anxiety, attention deficit, depression, bipolar, mania, synesthesia, psychosis, autism and 8 more...
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