Meaning Of The Word Epilepsy

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epilepsy
uncountable noun: Epilepsy is a brain condition which causes a person to suddenly lose consciousness and sometimes to have fits.

epilepsy in American English
a recurrent disorder of the nervous system, characterized by seizures of excessive brain activity which cause mental and physical dysfunction, as convulsions, unconsciousness, etc.
noun: 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)

epilepsy in British English
noun: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by periodic loss of consciousness with or without convulsions. In some cases it is due to brain damage but in others the cause is unknown

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