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🚫 Not epilepsy-related 🧑 A person without epilepsy ⚡ Seizure-like event
nonepileptic

nonepileptic

6.6
Not caused by the brain condition that makes people have seizures
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈɛpɪlɛptɪk/
  • Specialized
: no epiléptico
  • The doctor confirmed that the patient had nonepileptic seizures after several tests.

Examples

  • Some movement disorders are classified as nonepileptic because they are not linked to epilepsy.

  • She was relieved to learn her symptoms were nonepileptic and could be managed differently.

  • This condition is nonepileptic.

  • The patient's condition was determined to be nonepileptic.

  • The doctor confirmed that the patient had nonepileptic seizures after several tests.

  • Some movement disorders are classified as nonepileptic because they are not linked to epilepsy.

  • She was relieved to learn her symptoms were nonepileptic and could be managed differently.

Antonyms

epileptic
  • Specialized
18 5.9

About the brain condition that causes seizures

Surface Forms

nonepileptic positive

Morphology

nonepileptic = epileptic (transparent) = non + epileptic

Formed by the productive negative prefix 'non-' plus the adjective 'epileptic', so the meaning 'not caused by or related to epilepsy' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Nonepileptic is built from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and epileptic from 'epilepsy', which means 'seizure', so it describes something that is not caused by or related to epilepsy.