epileptic
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/
- Specialized
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epiléptico
- A long-term epileptic's brain looks about like a long-term dementia patient's: lesions, dead zones, black spots, you name it.
Examples
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An epileptic, he suffers from grand mal seizures, which strike him like bolts of lightning, and then one must be careful to get hold of his tongue so he doesn't bite it off or swallow it.
Fiction book (1999) -
For example, they fired an epileptic for being "unreliable."
Blog text (5) -
As an epileptic, I feel strongly about this matter.
Blog text (28) -
Could he be an epileptic or a diabetic?
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Once the insurance company establishes that he was an epileptic, you won't collect a cent.
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The student, a petit mal epileptic, had experienced a brief eye-fluttering seizure.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dmitri Zubov is an epileptic who uses drugs and drink to medicate his neurological malady.
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Carla, an epileptic, has a violent seizure in a small, closed-in room, placing Pauline in extreme physical danger.
Academic text (2001) -
He‘s an epileptic.
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Carla is an epileptic who always carries her medication with her.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A sudden time of shaking or loss of awareness caused by unusual brain activity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Epileptic as a noun names a person with epilepsy and comes from the same Greek parts epi- ('upon') and lambanein ('to take' or 'to seize'), like the English verb 'seize'. So an epileptic is someone who may be suddenly 'seized' by a fit or attack.