epilepsy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a neurological disorder characterized by an enduring tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures

   Medication allowed her to control the seizures caused by epilepsy.

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Through French epilepsie and Latin epilepsia from Greek epilepsia, 'seizure,' based on epilambanein, 'to seize or take hold of.' The traditional English name falling sickness described a conspicuous effect rather than the underlying neurological disorder.

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