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Synonyms for epilepsy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ep-uh-lep-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌlɛp si |
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Définition of epilepsy
Origin :- 1570s, from Middle French epilepsie (16c.), from Late Latin epilepsia, from Greek epilepsia "seizure," from epi "upon" (see epi-) + lepsis "seizure," from leps-, future stem of lambanein "take hold of, grasp" (see analemma).
- Earlier was epilencie (late 14c.), from Middle French epilence, with form influenced by pestilence. The native name was falling sickness.
- As in convulsion : noun muscle spasm
- And in other cases, asthma, dropsy, and epilepsy are caused.
- Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
- How long does it usually take for a man to recover from an attack of epilepsy?
- Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
- Have you ever seen any signs of epilepsy in Lady Penreath's son—the prisoner at the bar?
- Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
- I brought him back as if from a fit of epilepsy by the interjection of the word, "Siren."
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- Often it puts on the symptoms of epilepsy, or heart disease, or consumption.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- How, then, did nitrate of silver come to be given for epilepsy?
- Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Did, you ever see a case of epilepsy cured by nitrate of silver?
- Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- They also suffer from asthma, epilepsy, pleurisy, and rheumatism.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
- The Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy is on the same side.
- Extract from : « Holborn and Bloomsbury » by Sir Walter Besant
- There is a symptom in cases of epilepsy which tends to throw some light on this question.
- Extract from : « Papers on Health » by John Kirk
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