epilepsy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/    美 /ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsi/|/ˈɛpəˌlɛpsi/|/ˈepəlepsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

epilepsies plural

词源

Since 16th century; borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā), from ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “to seize”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). Displaced native Old English fiellesēocnes (literally “falling sickness”).
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