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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
originSince 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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