epileptoidadj.
/ɛpɪˈlɛptɔɪd/ Resembling epilepsy; of the nature of epilepsy.
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epilentical1483
epileptic1608
epileptical1621
epilepsian1627
epileptiform1861
epileptoid1876
epileptogenous1885
pre-paroxysmal1887
epileptogenic1889
uncinate1899
psychomotor1902
pre-epileptic1903
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 357 Epileptoid seizures, due to tumor or other coarse organic lesion of the brain.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 825 Mild attacks having an evident relationship to ordinary epilepsy..may be called epileptoid attacks.
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