epileptic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to epilepsy or involving seizures caused by epilepsy

   The patient received immediate care after an epileptic seizure.

2. 2
   noun

   dated and often avoided: a person who has epilepsy

   Modern medical writing usually says 'a person with epilepsy' rather than 'an epileptic.'

Common collocations

• epileptic seizure Adjective + noun

From Greek epileptikos, 'liable to seizure,' from epilambanein, 'to seize or take hold of.' The noun use labels a person by the condition and is now commonly replaced by person-first wording.

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