epileptic
adjective
ep·i·lep·tic
ˌe-pə-ˈlep-tik 
: relating to, affected with, or having the characteristics of epilepsy
an epileptic seizure
epileptic
noun
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Akinola and Wale Davies’s father died, of an epileptic seizure, when Akinola, born in 1985, was just twenty months old.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Allen Hodges, whose 16-year-old daughter died from an epileptic seizure in 2020, has pushed to clarify the state’s public records law to ensure that such images can’t be released to a requester, the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
For nearly a millennia and half, even in the centuries when physicians were beginning to supplant priests in treating the ill, epileptic convulsions (unexpected, frightening, enigmatic) remained the territory of the priest.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Elida, 8, plays the charango in the Andes, but suffers an epileptic seizure while playing and blaming the instrument.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Allen Hodges, whose 16-year-old daughter died from an epileptic seizure in 2020, has pushed to clarify the state’s public records law to ensure that such images can’t be released to a requester, the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
For nearly a millennia and half, even in the centuries when physicians were beginning to supplant priests in treating the ill, epileptic convulsions (unexpected, frightening, enigmatic) remained the territory of the priest.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Elida, 8, plays the charango in the Andes, but suffers an epileptic seizure while playing and blaming the instrument.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Epileptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epileptic. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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epileptic
1 of 2 adjective
ep·i·lep·tic
ˌep-ə-ˈlep-tik
: relating to, affected with, or having the characteristics of epilepsy
epileptic
2 of 2 noun
: one affected with epilepsy
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