Definition of Epileptic. Meaning of Epileptic. Synonyms of Epileptic

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Definition of Epileptic

Epileptic
Epileptic Ep`i*lep"tic, n. 1. One affected with epilepsy. 2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Meaning of Epileptic from wikipedia

- non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. An epileptic seizure is the clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive...
- stress, sleep deprivation, and flickering lights. Dehydration can trigger epileptic seizures by changing electrolyte balances. Low blood sugar, low blood...
- Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), also referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative...
- Because epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term convulsion is often used as a synonym for seizure. However, not all epileptic seizures...
- experienced by some with epilepsy or migraine. An epileptic aura is actually a minor seizure. Epileptic and migraine auras are due to the involvement of...
- Haut Mal ("The Ascension of Great Suffering"), published in English as Epileptic, is an autobiographical graphic novel by David Beauchard (more commonly...
- Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) previously known as West syndrome needs the inclusion of epileptic spasms for diagnosis. Epileptic spasms (also...
- Non-epileptic seizures (NES), also known as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, are paroxysmal...
- founded by Johanna Chandler as the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic at Queen Square in 1859. The hospital was completely rebuilt in the early...
- to be "life-changing". Ecstatic seizures are thought to be caused by epileptic activation of an area of the brain known as the dorsal anterior insula...