Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fit in which one suddenly falls to the ground: a popular name for epilepsy.
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- noun archaic
Epilepsy .
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synonyms (109)
Words with the same meaning
- Jacksonian epilepsy
- MS
- Rolandic epilepsy
- abdominal epilepsy
- access
- acquired epilepsy
- activated epilepsy
- affect epilepsy
- akinetic epilepsy
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- apoplexy
- arrest
- attack
- autonomic epilepsy
- blockage
- brain disease
- cardiac epilepsy
- cephalalgia
- cerebral palsy
- chorea
- clonic spasm
- clonus
- convulsion
- cortical epilepsy
- cramp
- cursive epilepsy
- diurnal epilepsy
- eclampsia
- emotional disorder
- epilepsia
- epilepsia gravior
- epilepsia major
- epilepsia minor
- epilepsia mitior
- epilepsia nutans
- epilepsia tarda
- epilepsy
- epitasis
- fit
- focal epilepsy
- frenzy
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- grand mal
- grip
- haute mal
- headache
- herpes zoster
- hysterical epilepsy
- ictus
- ischialgia
- larval epilepsy
- laryngeal epilepsy
- laryngospasm
- latent epilepsy
- lockjaw
- matutinal epilepsy
- menstrual epilepsy
- migraine
- multiple sclerosis
- musicogenic epilepsy
- myoclonous epilepsy
- nervous disorder
- neuralgia
- neuritis
- neuropathy
- nocturnal epilepsy
- occlusion
- organic psychosis
- orgasm
- palsy
- paroxysm
- petit mal
- physiologic epilepsy
- polyneuritis
- pressure neuropathy
- priapism
- psychic epilepsy
- psychomotor epilepsy
- radiculitis
- reflex epilepsy
- rotatoria
- sciatic neuritis
- sciatica
- seizure
- sensory epilepsy
- serial epilepsy
- sexual climax
- shaking palsy
- shingles
- spasm
- spastic paralysis
- stoppage
- stroke
- tardy epilepsy
- tetanus
- tetany
- the jerks
- throes
- thromboembolism
- thrombosis
- tic douloureux
- tonic epilepsy
- tonic spasm
- torsion spasm
- toxic psychosis
- traumatic epilepsy
- trismus
- ucinate epilepsy
- visitation
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