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1. (n.) epilepsy
a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness
Etymology: (1570–80; < LL epilēpsia < Gk epilēpsía epileptic seizure, der. of epilambánein to get hold of, attack)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) epilepsy
a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) epilepsy
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. epilepsy
a violent nervous affection, manifesting itself usually in sudden convulsive seizures and unconsciousness, followed by temporary stoppage of the breath and rigidity of the body, popularly known as "falling sickness"; origin as yet undecided; attributed by the ancients to demoniacal possession.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. epilepsy
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
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Sense: a disease of the nervous system causing attacks of unconsciousness, usually with violent movements of the body.
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 Afrikaans: vallende siekte, epilepsi |
 Arabic: صَرْع |
 Bulgarian: епилепсия |
 Brazilian: epilepsia |
 Czech: epilepsie |
 German: die Epilepsie |
 Danish: epilepsi |
 Greek: επιληψία |
 Spanish: epilepsia |
 Estonian: langetõbi |
 Farsi: صرع |
 Finnish: epilepsia |
 French: épilepsie |
 Hebrew: מַ��ֲלת הַנפִילָה |
 Hindi: मिर्गी |
 Croatian: epilepsija, padavica |
 Hungarian: epilepszia |
 Indonesian: ayan |
 Icelandic: flogaveiki |
 Italian: epilessia |
 Japanese: てんかん |
 Korean: 간질 |
 Lithuanian: epilepsija |
 Latvian: epilepsija, krītamā kaite |
 Malay: sawan |
 Dutch: epilepsie |
 Norwegian: epilepsi, fallesyke |
 Polish: padaczka |
 Persian: صرع |
 Pashto: عصبى ناروغۍ (ميرګې)، سيور |
 Portuguese: epilepsia |
 Romanian: epilepsie |
 Russian: эпилепсия |
 Slovak: epilepsia, zrádnik |
 Slovenian: božjast |
 Serbian: epilepsija |
 Swedish: epilepsi |
 Thai: โรคลมบ้าหมู |
 Turkish: sara |
 Taiwanese: 癲癇症 |
 Ukrainian: епілепсія, падуча |
 Urdu: مرگی |
 Vietnamese: chứng động kinh |
 Chinese: 癫痫症 |
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