epileptic

adjective

ep·i·lep·tic | \ ˌe-pə-ˈlep-tik

Definition of epileptic

: relating to, affected with, or having the characteristics of epilepsy an epileptic seizure

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The parent whose epileptic child needs marijuana to calm her seizures. — Steven Senne, The Seattle Times, "Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops," 20 Nov. 2018 If your seizures continue despite those measures, your doctor will want to put you on an anti-epileptic drug, Dr. Segil says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "Model Robyn Lawley Shares Photos of Her Scars After Having a Seizure and Falling Down Stairs," 16 Aug. 2018 Their research on the post-surgical brain function of epileptic patients led her to reject the then-fashionable theories that memory was a product of Freudian urges or behaviorist stimulus-response chains. — Susan Pinker, WSJ, "An Unforgettable Memory Expert Muses at 100," 23 Aug. 2018 Photo: Getty Images Many people think of an epileptic seizure as a convulsion. — Suzanne O’sullivan, WSJ, "Confessions of the Miswired Brain," 5 Oct. 2018 People who suffer severe epileptic seizures may one day be able to control or even prevent them with an electronic device implanted directly into the brain. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Implantable brain device could stop epileptic seizures in their tracks," 29 Aug. 2018 Some background: there’s been a lot of anecdotal evidence for some time that CBD (and other cannabinoids) can help treat epileptic conditions. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, "Archived chat: STAT on Marijuana-based medicine and drug development," 28 June 2018 Brody’s five now, slogging through 40 hours of therapy a week, autistic and epileptic and as stubborn as the disease that, at its very worse, was causing him to have one or two seizures an hour. — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, "Andrew Luck still has no pain in throwing shoulder," 27 June 2018 The study found that a ketogenic diet fed to the epileptic mice who lacked either of these bacterial species failed to inhibit seizures. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego startup Bloom Science seeks to fight epilepsy through the gut," 25 May 2018

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