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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And their daughter, Nova, 11, was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2020, the same year the former couple separated.
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Grace Bastidas, Parents, 14 Apr. 2025
Her story offers hope for those struggling with drug-resistant epilepsy and other neurological conditions.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Two of them are on the autism spectrum, and our third has epilepsy.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That left students — including a 12-year-old boy with autism and epilepsy who’s been unwillingly assigned to remote schooling — without recourse and, in some cases, losing precious weeks of learning.
—Anna North, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
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Grace Bastidas, Parents, 14 Apr. 2025
Her story offers hope for those struggling with drug-resistant epilepsy and other neurological conditions.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Two of them are on the autism spectrum, and our third has epilepsy.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That left students — including a 12-year-old boy with autism and epilepsy who’s been unwillingly assigned to remote schooling — without recourse and, in some cases, losing precious weeks of learning.
—Anna North, Vox, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Epilepsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epilepsy. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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