epileptic

[ ep-uh-lep-tik ]

/ ˌɛp əˈlɛp tɪk /

Pathology

adjective

pertaining to or symptomatic of epilepsy.

noun

a person affected by epilepsy.

Nearby words

epilation, epilator, epilatory, epilemma, epilepsy, epileptic, epileptiform, epileptogenic, epileptogenic zone, epileptoid, epilimnion

Origin of epileptic

1600–10; < Late Latin epilēpticus < Greek epilēptikós, equivalent to epílēpt(os) (see epilepsy) + -ikos -ic

Related formsep·i·lep·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·ep·i·lep·tic, adjective, nounnon·ep·i·lep·tic, adjective, nounpost·ep·i·lep·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for epileptic

One man was having an epileptic seizure; one had a nosebleed; one had full-blown African Malaria; one had the flu.
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After starting a new drug, an epileptic woman started writing 10 to 15 poems each day.
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She then suffered an epileptic seizure and was treated with an appropriate medication.
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The 21-year-old, who studied at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had suffered an epileptic seizure.
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Like a crazy, drunk uncle shooting an epileptic dog because he has fleas, the current GOP shuns him for all the wrong reasons.
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So as might be expected the hordes of our feeble-minded and epileptic are always a source of grave danger in this respect.
Being Well-Born|Michael F. Guyer
In the epileptic the mental rather than the gross nervous expression merits attention.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot
Allusion has already been made to the occasional occurrence of maniacal excitement as one of the results of the epileptic seizure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
On his next trip, however, Captain Vesey learned that the boy was to be returned to him as unsound and subject to epileptic fits.
A Social History of The American Negro|Benjamin Brawley
What do you think would be the effect of shell-shock on a person born of one epileptic parent?
The Shrieking Pit|Arthur J. Rees

British Dictionary definitions for epileptic

epileptic

/ (ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or having epilepsy

noun

a person who has epilepsy

Derived Formsepileptically, adverb

usage

Rather than talking about an epileptic or epileptics, it is better to talk about a person with epilepsy and people with epilepsy

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Word Origin and History for epileptic

epileptic

adj.

c.1600, from French épileptique, from Late Latin epilepticus, from Greek epileptikos, from epilambanein (see epilepsy). Earlier adjective was epilentic (late 14c.), from a Greek variant. As a noun from 1650s.

Medicine definitions for epileptic

epileptic

[ ĕp′ə-lĕp′tĭk ]

n.

One who has epilepsy.

adj.

Affected with epilepsy.

Of, relating to, or associated with epilepsy.

epileptic

adjective

noun

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epileptic

adjective

noun

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epileptic

Medicine definitions for epileptic

epileptic

n.

adj.