Epilepsy

Noun

 * 1)  A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

Derived terms

 * epileptic
 * epileptiform

Thesaurus
Jacksonian epilepsy, MS, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic epilepsy, blockage, brain disease, cardiac epilepsy, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, clonic spasm, clonus, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, cramp, cursive epilepsy, diurnal epilepsy, eclampsia, emotional disorder, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epitasis, falling sickness, fit, focal epilepsy, frenzy, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, grand mal, grip, haute mal, headache, herpes zoster, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, ischialgia, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, lockjaw, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, organic psychosis, orgasm, palsy, paroxysm, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, radiculitis, reflex epilepsy, rotatoria, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, seizure, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, sexual climax, shaking palsy, shingles, spasm, spastic paralysis, stoppage, stroke, tardy epilepsy, tetanus, tetany, the jerks, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tic douloureux, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm, toxic psychosis, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation

Etymology
Since 16th century; from epilepsie: <  epilepsia: <  ἐπιληψία: < ἐπιλαμβάνω: < ἐπί: + λαμβάνω:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bengali: মৃগীরোগ
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 癲癇, 癫痫, 癲癇癥,  癫痫症
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, मिर्गी
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:, ,  niðurfallssýki
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 癲癇
 * Latin:
 * Persian:
 * Russian: эпилепсия, падучая
 * Sanskrit:
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 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, epilepsi