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Epileptoid
Epˊi-lep′toid
,Adj.
[Gr.
ἐπίληπτοσ
+ -oid
.] (Med.)
Resembling epilepsy;
as,
. epileptoid
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English
Adjective
epileptoid (comparative more epileptoid, superlative most epileptoid)
- (medicine) Resembling epilepsy.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 983:
- A spasm of violent nausea seized him and he turned up his eyes into his head in a frightening grimace which seemed almost epileptoid.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 983:
Noun
epileptoid (plural epileptoids)
- (archaic) A person with epilepsy.