epilepsy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epilepsy /ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/
▶noun a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions.
– derivatives
epileptic adjective & noun.
epileptic adjective & noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. épilepsie, or via late L. from Gk epilēpsia, from epilambanein ‘seize, attack’.
'epilepsy' also found in these Oxford entries:
aura
- diagnose
- fugue
- grand mal
- narcolepsy
- nympholepsy
- petit mal
- phenobarbitone
- phenytoin
- valproic acid
