noun. Any of various neurological disorders marked by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or cognitive dysfunction, with or without convulsive seizures or loss of consciousness.

noun. A disease of the brain characterized by recurrent attacks of loss of consciousness with severe muscular spasm (major attack), or

noun. loss of consciousness attended with little or no muscular disturbance, or, rarely, slight muscular spasm without loss of consciousness (minor attack).

noun. The “falling sickness,” so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.

noun. A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

noun. a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

"The term epilepsy (pronounced as eh-puh-lep-see) originates from a Greek word 'epilepsia' meaning 'falling sickness' It is an illness that affects the brain, causing repeated seizures or 'fits' in the patient which make them to fall."

cortical epilepsy  cursive epilepsy  diurnal epilepsy  epilepsy of the retina  epileptic cry  

epileptic  epileptiform  

brain disease  brain disorder  encephalopathy  

akinetic epilepsy  cortical epilepsy  epilepsia major  epilepsia minor  focal epilepsy  

ague  alcoholism  apoplexy  arthritis  asthma  

Jacksonian epilepsy  MS  Rolandic epilepsy  abdominal epilepsy  access