epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈe-pə-ˌlep-sē 
plural epilepsies
: any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions
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Anne Morgan Giroux is pretty sure the cure for epilepsy ‒ or at least a long-term solution for millions ‒ is sitting in a university lab in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Mar. 2025
My mother, a 63-year-old diabetic, died a day after having a second leg amputated, and my father, an epilepsy sufferer, died of.heart failure at 77.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
One man testified that his teenage daughter, who had epilepsy, died while taking a bath and that his grief was compounded by knowing investigators possessed photographs taken in her death investigation.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Mar. 2025
My mother, a 63-year-old diabetic, died a day after having a second leg amputated, and my father, an epilepsy sufferer, died of.heart failure at 77.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
One man testified that his teenage daughter, who had epilepsy, died while taking a bath and that his grief was compounded by knowing investigators possessed photographs taken in her death investigation.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 5 Mar. 2025
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epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈep-ə-ˌlep-sē
: a disorder marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain, by attacks of convulsions, and by loss of consciousness
Medical Definition
epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈep-ə-ˌlep-sē
plural epilepsies
: any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions see absence epilepsy, grand mal sense 1, petit mal sense 1 focal epilepsy, jacksonian epilepsy, myoclonic epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy
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