epileptoid
Britishadjective
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Sturge-Weber babies are not the only ones who suffer epileptoid seizures of this type.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Genius," says Dr. Lombroso, "is a symptom of hereditary degeneration of the epileptoid variety, and is allied to moral insanity."
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
"Genius is a degenerative psychosis of the epileptoid order."
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
In most cases the dancing has tended more to a species of 'jumping,' and—although this may be due to more careful observation—has been accompanied by actions of a clearly epileptoid nature.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen
Brown-Sequard observed on several occasions in his own dark beard hairs which had turned white in a night and which he epileptoid.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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