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		Definition of epilepsy in English: epilepsynoun ˈɛpɪlɛpsiˈɛpəˌlɛpsi mass nounA neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.  Example sentencesExamples -  These cases illustrate the scope for mistaking narcolepsy for epilepsy.
 -  Thus swimming should not be discouraged in people with epilepsy or any other physical disability.
 -  Pregnancy in women with epilepsy is associated with an increased risk of fetal malformation.
 -  No deaths were attributed directly to seizures, and sudden unexplained death in epilepsy did not occur.
 -  Patients with epilepsy may have prodromal symptoms of tension, anxiety, and depression.
 -  Children with epilepsy do not require much change in their activities.
 -  In some illnesses, for example migraine or epilepsy, the diagnosis may be evident from the history alone.
 -  Having a learning disability does not cause epilepsy and nor does epilepsy cause a learning disability.
 -  Pregnant women with epilepsy were recruited to the study, predominantly by community midwives.
 -  Priests believed that an illness such as epilepsy was caused by the gods.
 -  He had been left with a severe form of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and cortical blindness.
 -  He started doing charity swims for the multiple sclerosis and epilepsy societies.
 -  A post-mortem gave the cause of death as sudden death caused by epilepsy.
 -  If someone has repeated seizures, they may be diagnosed with epilepsy.
 -  We report on 15 patients in whom benign sleep myoclonus was initially mistaken for epilepsy.
 -  The association between epilepsy and psychosis has been researched since the nineteenth century.
 -  Narcolepsy has been mistaken for epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, and schizophrenia.
 -  I have suffered with epilepsy all my life, and also in later life diabetes.
 -  Doctors may have a lower risk of making, and patients may have lower risk of receiving, a misdiagnosis of epilepsy.
 -  These scans look at the way the brain works and can help to pinpoint the part of the brain that is causing epilepsy.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 16th century: from French épilepsie, or via late Latin from Greek epilēpsia, from epilambanein 'seize, attack', from epi 'upon' + lambanein 'take hold of'.    Definition of epilepsy in US English: epilepsynounˈɛpəˌlɛpsiˈepəˌlepsē A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.  Example sentencesExamples -  In some illnesses, for example migraine or epilepsy, the diagnosis may be evident from the history alone.
 -  Doctors may have a lower risk of making, and patients may have lower risk of receiving, a misdiagnosis of epilepsy.
 -  Children with epilepsy do not require much change in their activities.
 -  We report on 15 patients in whom benign sleep myoclonus was initially mistaken for epilepsy.
 -  Pregnancy in women with epilepsy is associated with an increased risk of fetal malformation.
 -  Narcolepsy has been mistaken for epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, and schizophrenia.
 -  Patients with epilepsy may have prodromal symptoms of tension, anxiety, and depression.
 -  A post-mortem gave the cause of death as sudden death caused by epilepsy.
 -  Thus swimming should not be discouraged in people with epilepsy or any other physical disability.
 -  These cases illustrate the scope for mistaking narcolepsy for epilepsy.
 -  The association between epilepsy and psychosis has been researched since the nineteenth century.
 -  He started doing charity swims for the multiple sclerosis and epilepsy societies.
 -  Having a learning disability does not cause epilepsy and nor does epilepsy cause a learning disability.
 -  Pregnant women with epilepsy were recruited to the study, predominantly by community midwives.
 -  He had been left with a severe form of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and cortical blindness.
 -  These scans look at the way the brain works and can help to pinpoint the part of the brain that is causing epilepsy.
 -  Priests believed that an illness such as epilepsy was caused by the gods.
 -  I have suffered with epilepsy all my life, and also in later life diabetes.
 -  No deaths were attributed directly to seizures, and sudden unexplained death in epilepsy did not occur.
 -  If someone has repeated seizures, they may be diagnosed with epilepsy.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 16th century: from French épilepsie, or via late Latin from Greek epilēpsia, from epilambanein ‘seize, attack’, from epi ‘upon’ + lambanein ‘take hold of’.     |