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epilation |
epilator |
epilepsia major |
epilepsia minor |
epilepsy |
epileptic
| epileptic seizure
| epileptical
| epileptiform
| epileptogenous
| epileptoid
epileptic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun epileptic has 1 sense
- epileptic(n = noun.person) Array - a person who has epilepsy; Array is a kind of diseased person, sick person, sufferer
Derived form adjective epileptic1
Adjective epileptic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
epileptic, a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. : cf. F. épileptique.].
Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy. [1913 Webster]
epileptic, n.
- One affected with epilepsy. [1913 Webster]
- A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
epileptic, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to epilepsy.
--n. a person with epilepsy.
--adj. of or relating to epilepsy.
--n. a person with epilepsy.
Etymology
F {eacute}pileptique f. LL epilepticus f. Gk epileptikos (as EPILEPSY)
THESAURUS
epileptic
allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic, sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian
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