epilepsynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈep.ɪ.lep.si/us/ˈep.ə.lep.si/a condition of the brain that causes a person to become unconscious for short periods or to move in a violent and uncontrolled way:
She can't drive because she suffers from/has epilepsy.
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- cramp
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- writer's cramp
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