Epilepsy

Definition: Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Noun

1. A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.

Date "epilepsy" was first used: 1578. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Epilepsy

Domain	Definitions
Botanical	A convulsive disorder. Treated with Calocarpum, Indigofera, Moringa. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Epilepsy

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agitation	Turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Epilepsy

English words defined with "epilepsy": absence, akinetic epilepsy, Antepileptic, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, automatism ♦ callosectomy, callosotomy, cortical epilepsy ♦ Dilantin, diphenylhydantoin ♦ Emeside, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epileptic, Epileptiform, Epileptogenous, Epileptoid, ethosuximide ♦ Falling sickness, focal epilepsy ♦ Gemonil, generalized epilepsy, generalized seizure, grand mal, grand mal epilepsy ♦ hydantoin ♦ Jacksonian epilepsy, jamais vu ♦ Lafora's disease ♦ Mebaral, mephenytoin, mephobarbital, Mesantoin, metharbital, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonus epilepsy ♦ petit mal, petit mal epilepsy, phenytoin, photogenic epilepsy, posttraumatic epilepsy, procursive epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy ♦ reflex epilepsy ♦ sensory epilepsy, St Vitus, status epilepticus ♦ temporal lobe epilepsy, tonic epilepsy, traumatic epilepsy ♦ Vitus ♦ Zarontin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epilepsy": CALOCARPUM MAMMOSUM, Clonazepam ♦ dreamy state epilepsy ♦ Epilepsies, Myoclonic, Epilepsy, Partial, Motor, Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory ♦ Flunarizine ♦ GABA-A, gamma-vinyl GABA ♦ nocturnal epilepsy ♦ periventricular heterotopia, Periventricular Leukomalacia, Photosensitivity Disorders ♦ Rolandic Epilepsy ♦ Seizures. (references)

Etymologies containing "epilepsy": Hysteroepilepsy. (references)

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Modern Usage: Epilepsy

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Epilepsy (1976)
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Commercial Usage: Epilepsy

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Seizures and Epilepsy (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Epilepsy (The Essential Guide to Natural Pet Care) (reference) Epilepsy and Seizures: Everything You Need to Know (Your Personal Health) (reference) Lee, the Rabbit With Epilepsy (Special Needs Collection) (reference) Living Well With Epilepsy (reference) Seizure Free : From Epilepsy to Brain Surgery, I Survived, and You Can, Too! (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Epilepsy Association Of South Australia Membership (reference) Brazilian Journal Of Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology (reference) Epilepsy Usa (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Health Talks at The Cleveland Clinic Presents - The Latest in the Treatment of Epilepsy (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Epilepsy

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is a PET scan (positron emission tomography) of a 17 year old girl with a longstanding history of epilepsy, who has a brain tumor classified as a grade 1 astrocytoma. The PET scan indicates that the tumor is not metabolizing excess glucose and is therefore benign. PET scans allow doctors to tell if a tumor is malignant without resorting to a surgical biopsy.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Epilepsy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Seizures or epilepsy. (references)
		Several types of epilepsy begin in infancy. (references)
		This is an experimental treatment for epilepsy. (references)
Business		Medications for sleeping disorders, psychological disorders and for certain diseases (e.g., tuberculosis and epilepsy) cannot be advertised publicly. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Epilepsy

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Elizabeth Taylor	I married Michael Walding, one of the gentlest, sweetest men in the world. But he had epilepsy and it does something to a man.
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Usage Frequency: Epilepsy

"Epilepsy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epilepsy" is used about 196 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	196	21,868

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Epilepsy

Expressions using "epilepsy": a fit of epilepsy ♦ akinetic epilepsy ♦ cortical epilepsy ♦ dreamy state epilepsy ♦ focal epilepsy ♦ generalized epilepsy ♦ grand mal epilepsy ♦ Jacksonian epilepsy ♦ musicogenic epilepsy ♦ myoclonus epilepsy ♦ nocturnal epilepsy ♦ petit mal epilepsy ♦ photogenic epilepsy ♦ posttraumatic epilepsy ♦ procursive epilepsy ♦ psychomotor epilepsy ♦ reflex epilepsy ♦ sensory epilepsy ♦ temporal lobe epilepsy ♦ tonic epilepsy ♦ traumatic epilepsy. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "epilepsy": epilepsy-related.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epilepsy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
epilepsy	1,825	american epilepsy society	19
epilepsy foundation	158	epilepsy and pregnancy	18
temporal lobe epilepsy	88	epilepsy chat room	15
canine epilepsy	72	epilepsy research	15
information on epilepsy	53	ketogenic diet and epilepsy	15
epilepsy medication	50	pediatric epilepsy	14
epilepsy symptom	46	epilepsy support group	13
epilepsy treatment	44	epilepsy association	12
epilepsy dog	44	rolandic epilepsy	11
dog epilepsy in	39	childhood epilepsy	11
epilepsy foundation america	38	type of epilepsy	11
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy	32	national epilepsy foundation	11
epilepsy surgery	32	epilepsy picture	10
epilepsy cause	27	epilepsy foundation minnesota	10
epilepsy in child	25	epilepsy famous people	10
epilepsy diet	23	epilepsy feline	9
child epilepsy	23	disability for epilepsy	9
benign rolandic epilepsy	23	epilepsy history	9
epilepsy drug	22	epilepsy scholarship	9
seizure epilepsy	21	myoclonic epilepsy	8
		international epilepsy	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Epilepsy

Language		Translations for "epilepsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		epilepsi (falling sickness), sëmundje e tokës (falling sickness), ilet, flamë (pestilence of animals). (various references)

Arabic		‏الصرع, ‏داء الصرع. (various references)

Bulgarian		епилепсия (falling sickness). (various references)

Chinese		癇 (insanity), 癫痫症. (various references)

Czech		epilepsie, padoucnice. (various references)

Danish		epilepsi. (various references)

Dutch		epilepsie, vallende ziekte, toevallen (accrue to, be closed, close). (various references)

Esperanto		epilepsio. (various references)

Finnish		kaatumatauti. (various references)

French		épilepsie (epileptic). (various references)

German		epilepsie, Fallsucht (falling sickness). (various references)

Greek		επιληψία. (various references)

Hebrew		מחלת �"� פיל�" (falling sickness), אפילפסי�", � פלת, � כפות. (various references)

Hungarian		epilepszia (falling sickness, St. John's evil). (various references)

Indonesian		epilepsi, penyakit ayan (apoplexy), ayan. (various references)

Italian		epilessia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		癲癇 (epileptic fit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		て�"か�" (convert, divert, epileptic fit, exhibit, Milky Way). (various references)

Korean		간질. (various references)

Manx		yn chingys tuittymagh. (various references)

Papiamen		epilepsia. (various references)

Pig Latin		epilepsyay

Portuguese		epilepsia (epileptic, falling off, stagger). (various references)

Romanian		epilepsie (falling sickness). (various references)

Russian		эпилепсия (falling sickness, St. John's evil). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		epilepsija (falling sickness). (various references)

Spanish		epilepsia. (various references)

Sranan		adube. (various references)

Swedish		epilepsi, fallandesjuka (falling sickness). (various references)

Thai		โรคลมบ้าหมู. (various references)

Turkish		epilepsi (falling sickness), sara (falling sickness). (various references)

Turkmen		tutgaя, garaguю. (various references)

Ukranian		епілепсія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Epilepsy

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	epilepsia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Epilepsy

Derivations
	Words ending with "epilepsy": antiepilepsy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epilepsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elilepsy, epilepesy, epilepsi, epilepsie, epilespy, epilipesy, epilipsy, epillepsi, eplipesy, eppilepsi, eppilespy, epsilepsy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Epilepsy"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "epilepsy" (pronounced e"pule'psē)
6	-u l e' p s ē	narcolepsy.
3	-p s ē	autopsy, bankruptcy, biopsy, dropsy, gypsy, tipsy.
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Anagrams: Epilepsy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-p-p-s-y"
	-2 letters: sleepy, slippy, yippee.
	-3 letters: lippy, peels, peeps, peise, peles, piles, pipes, plies, seely, seepy, sleep, slipe, slype, speel, speil, spiel, spile, yelps, yipes.
	-4 letters: eels, eely, else, espy, eyes, isle, lees, leis, leys, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, lyes, lyse, peel, peep, pees, pele, peps, pies, pile, pily, pipe, pips, pipy, plie, pyes, seel.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-p-p-s-y"
	+2 letters: epiphyseal.
	+4 letters: antiepilepsy, oppressively, polydisperse, polypeptides.
	+5 letters: apprehensibly, glycopeptides, hyperlipemias, hyperploidies, nympholepsies, perspectively, prepositively, presumptively, prospectively.
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