Epileptic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epileptic \Ep`i*lep"tic\, a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. ? : cf. F.
     ['e]pileptique.]
     Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Epileptic \Ep`i*lep"tic\, n.
     1. One affected with epilepsy.
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     2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epileptic
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy; "epileptic
             seizure"
       n : a person who has epilepsy

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "epileptic":
     allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case,
     chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous,
     encephalitic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous,
     luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic,
     neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic,
     pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic,
     rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic,
     sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular,
     tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian