Definition of epileptic
: relating to, affected with, or having the characteristics of epilepsy an epileptic seizure
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Recent Examples of epileptic from the Web
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The hospital was open to the idea, but after Charlie suffered a series of epileptic seizures, doctors changed their minds, concluding on Jan. 13 that treatment would be futile.
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The home movie clips include a sequence showing an ambulance picking up an epileptic seizure victim in Dealey Plaza about six minutes before shots rang out, an event later seized upon by conspiracy theorists.
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Master Deputy Jeffrey Riggs saved an unconscious motorist March 20 who blacked out from an epileptic seizure, hit a pole and drove his car into a retention pond.
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DeOrsey died of an epileptic seizure two days before his 31st birthday.
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Researchers analyzed data on 604 adults who had been hospitalized for an epileptic seizure, along with meteorological data — temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure — for a few days before each person’s seizure.
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After vetoing the bill, Otter created a trial program involving epileptic children.
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When Stephani Scruggs tried to speak at a Senate committee meeting on medical marijuana last week, her husband suffered an epileptic seizure and was taken away in a wheelchair.
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July 15, 1988 At the IHOP a boy had an epileptic seizure.
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First Known Use of epileptic
1605
EPILEPTIC Defined for English Language Learners
epileptic
playDefinition of epileptic for English Language Learners
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medical : having epilepsy : resulting from epilepsy
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