Epilepsy

Noun CEFR B2

ˈɛpᵻlɛpsi

Definitions

A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolepilepsia gota caduca gota coralmal caduco

Françaisépilepsie mal caduc

DeutschEpilepsie Fallsucht Schwerenot

38 more languages

العربيةالصرع صرع

Bosanskiepilepsija padavica šaraепилепсија падавица

Češtinaepilepsie padoucnice

Danskepilepsi ligfald

Ελληνικάεπιληψία

Esperantoepilepsio

Eestilangetõbi

فارسیصرع

Suomiepilepsia kaatumatauti

Gaeilgean bhreoiteacht mhór an tinneas beannaithe an tinneas mórgalar Póil galar talmhaí galar titimeach tinneas Póil tinneas talún titimeas

Gàidhligtuiteamas

Galegogota perlesía

עבריתכפייה

हिन्दीभ्रमर मिर्गी

Hrvatskiepilepsija padavica šaraепилепсија падавица

Magyarepilepszia

Հայերենընկնավորություն

Bahasa Indonesiaayan epilepsi

Íslenskaflog flogaveiki niðurfallssýki

Italianoepilessia

日本語くつち癇癲癲癇鼾

Қазақ тіліқояншық

한국어간질 뇌전증

Kurdîayan sara

Македонскиепилепсија падавица

Bahasa Melayugila babi sawan

Nederlandsepilepsie vallende ziekte

Polskiepilepsja kaduk padaczka

Portuguêsepilepsia

Русскийпаду́чая эпилепсия

Shqipbote epilepsi punëherësëmundje e tokës shakull

Српскиepilepsija padavica šaraепилепсија падавица

Svenskaepilepsi

Kiswahilikifafa

ไทยลมชัก ลมบ้าหมู

Tagalogkisay

Türkçeepilepsi sara tutaraktutarga tutarık yilbik

اردوصَرْع مرگی

Examples

“Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Epileptic Epileptically Epileptics epileptogenesis epileptogenicity epileptoid

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