epileptogenic
adjective
ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic
ˌe-pə-ˌlep-tə-ˈje-nik 
: inducing or tending to induce epilepsy
an epileptogenic drug
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Surgery is indeed used to treat epilepsy if there is a epileptogenic focus, a spot of diseased brain tissue which triggers the seizures.
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Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2016
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epileptogenic
adjective
ep·i·lep·to·gen·ic
-ˌlep-tə-ˈjen-ik
: inducing or tending to induce epilepsy
an epileptogenic drug
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