Antonyms for epilepsy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-uh-lep-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌlɛp si


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for epilepsy

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