epileptic
[ep-uh-lep-tik]Pathology
- pertaining to or symptomatic of epilepsy.
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- a person affected by epilepsy.
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Origin of epileptic
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Examples from the Web for epileptic
Contemporary Examples
One man was having an epileptic seizure; one had a nosebleed; one had full-blown African Malaria; one had the flu.
After starting a new drug, an epileptic woman started writing 10 to 15 poems each day.
She then suffered an epileptic seizure and was treated with an appropriate medication.
The 21-year-old, who studied at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had suffered an epileptic seizure.
JP Morgan Executive Falls to his Death from JP Morgan Building, in What May Have Been SuicideNico Hines
January 28, 2014
Like a crazy, drunk uncle shooting an epileptic dog because he has fleas, the current GOP shuns him for all the wrong reasons.
Historical Examples
After epileptic seizures and attacks of hysteria the writing is shaky.
Criminal ManGina Lombroso-Ferrero
A burly, bull-necked fellow in the car was attacked with an epileptic fit.
MemoirsCharles Godfrey Leland
To simply assert that he was an epileptic does not explain these symptoms.
The Necessity of AtheismDr. D.M. Brooks
The phenomenon is not uncommon, especially with epileptic patients.
Real Ghost StoriesWilliam T. Stead
He had seen no signs which suggested, to his mind, that prisoner was an epileptic.
The Shrieking PitArthur J. Rees
epileptic
- of, relating to, or having epilepsy
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- a person who has epilepsy
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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
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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
epileptic
(ĕp′ə-lĕp′tĭk)- One who has epilepsy.
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- Affected with epilepsy.
- Of, relating to, or associated with epilepsy.
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