单词 | epilepsy |
释义 | epilepsy /ep"euh lep'see/, n. Pathol. a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal). [1570-80; < LL epilepsia < Gk epilepsía epileptic seizure, equiv. to epílept(os) suffering from epilepsy (verbid of epilambánein to get hold of, attack; epi- EPI- + lambánein to seize) + -ia -Y3, with ti > si] |
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