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单词 epilepsy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ep•i•lep•sy /ˈɛpəˌlɛpsi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya disorder of the nervous system in which the victim suffers from either mild, occasional loss of attention or sleepiness, or from severe convulsions with loss of consciousness.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ep•i•lep•sy  (epə lep′sē),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. 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.)
  • Greek epilēpsía epileptic seizure, equivalent. to epílēpt(os) suffering from epilepsy (verbid of epilambánein to get hold of, attack; epi- epi- + lambánein to seize) + -ia -y3, with ti si
  • Late Latin epilēpsia
  • 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
epilepsy /ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsɪ/ n
  1. 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin epilēpsia, from Greek, from epilambanein to attack, seize, from lambanein to take
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