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Español
epilepsia.
(Del lat. epilepsĭa, y este del gr. ἐπιληψία, intercepción).
1. f. Med. Enfermedad caracterizada principalmente por accesos repentinos, con pérdida brusca del conocimiento y convulsiones.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
English
``falling sickness, fr. ? to take besides, seize, attack; epi` upon, besides + ? to take: cf. F. [ e]pilepsie. Cf. {Catalepsy}.] (Med.) The ``falling sickness, so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

