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epilepsy

/ˈepəˌlepsi/EH-puh-lep-see
/ˈɛpəˌlɛpsi/EH-puh-lep-see

Meaningseizure

Common meaning: condition involving recurrent epileptic seizures

Journey through time

  1. Greekepilēpsia‘seizure’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsseizure → the falling sicknessépilepsie‘the falling sickness’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthe falling sickness → condition involving recurrent epileptic seizuresepilepsy‘condition involving recurrent epileptic seizures’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek epilēpsia ‘seizure’.

Roots

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