epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈe-pə-ˌlep-sē 
plural epilepsies
: any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions
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Before allowing your pup to get in the water, they should be examined by a veterinarian for conditions such as arthritis, heart disease or epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes repeated seizures, says the VCA, the animal hospital chain.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
In a case in Nature Medicine, a premature baby with a devastating genetic epilepsy syndrome achieved a 60% reduction in life-threatening seizures following treatment with an experimental therapy.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The common epilepsy drug carbamazepine was developed to treat the shooting nerve pain of trigeminal neuralgia, which is described as feeling like a hatchet to the head and is often called the suicide pain.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Used to record the brain’s electrical activity, an EEG is important for diagnosing and monitoring neurological conditions such as epilepsy, seizures, sleep disorders, and brain damage.
—New Atlas, 5 May 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
In a case in Nature Medicine, a premature baby with a devastating genetic epilepsy syndrome achieved a 60% reduction in life-threatening seizures following treatment with an experimental therapy.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The common epilepsy drug carbamazepine was developed to treat the shooting nerve pain of trigeminal neuralgia, which is described as feeling like a hatchet to the head and is often called the suicide pain.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Used to record the brain’s electrical activity, an EEG is important for diagnosing and monitoring neurological conditions such as epilepsy, seizures, sleep disorders, and brain damage.
—New Atlas, 5 May 2025
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epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈep-ə-ˌlep-sē
: a disorder marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain, by attacks of convulsions, and by loss of consciousness
Medical Definition
epilepsy
noun
ep·i·lep·sy
ˈep-ə-ˌlep-sē
plural epilepsies
: any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions see absence epilepsy, grand mal sense 1, petit mal sense 1 focal epilepsy, jacksonian epilepsy, myoclonic epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy
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