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adjective
1.
pertaining to or symptomatic of epilepsy.
noun
2.
a person affected by epilepsy.
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Word Origin & History
epileptic
c.1600 (adj.), 1650s (n.), from Fr. epileptique, from L. epilepticus, from Gk. epileptikos, from epilambanein (see epilepsy). Earlier adjective was epilentic (late 14c.), from a Gk. variant.
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epileptic ep·i·lep·tic (ěp'ə-lěp'tĭk)
n.
One who has epilepsy. adj.
Affected with epilepsy.
Of, relating to, or associated with epilepsy.
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