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epileptiform

[ ĕp′ə-lĕp′tə-fôrm′ ]

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adj.

Epileptoid.

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Words nearby epileptiform

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

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How to use epileptiform in a sentence

The epileptiform habit is but rarely transmitted to progeny.
Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (of 3)|George John Romanes
The patient is now peculiarly liable to what are called congestive seizures or epileptiform attacks.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various
There are cases of reported cures in the literature even after what seemed to be characteristic epileptiform attacks had occurred.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
Her education and work, or rather method of work, had wrought out for her anemia and epileptiform attacks.
Sex in Education|Edward H. Clarke

He also notices the slight epileptiform attack, although he adds that he is not "pretending to speak medically."
Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research|Michael Sage