epileptoid
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Sturge-Weber babies are not the only ones who suffer epileptoid seizures of this type.
From Time Magazine Archive
The case of which there might be most doubt, on account of its suggesting so strongly an epileptoid seizure, was the case of M. Ratisbonne.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William
He rather believes that they are more closely allied to the epileptoid temperament.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard
"Genius is a degenerative psychosis of the epileptoid order."
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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