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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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.
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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
Cloud Bread People who are following a low-carbohydrate or a ketogenic diet for medical purposes, like epilepsy, may consider cloud bread.
—Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
About a month later, Tatiana went to Baltimore for an emergency appointment with a national epilepsy expert at Johns Hopkins University.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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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
Cloud Bread People who are following a low-carbohydrate or a ketogenic diet for medical purposes, like epilepsy, may consider cloud bread.
—Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
About a month later, Tatiana went to Baltimore for an emergency appointment with a national epilepsy expert at Johns Hopkins University.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 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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