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epileptoid

British  
/ ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling epilepsy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sturge-Weber babies are not the only ones who suffer epileptoid seizures of this type.

From Time Magazine Archive

At some future time I hope to take up the epileptoid convulsions and show their relationship and variation from that of the mechanism of essential epilepsy.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

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

It seems clear that Napoleon really had at times convulsive seizures which were at least epileptoid.

From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis

Finally, among the symptoms of possible physical origin, epileptoid attacks were described in two of our cases.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy

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