epileptic

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French épileptique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: epi‧lep‧tic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
  2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

epileptic (plural epileptics)

  1. A person who has epilepsy.
    • 1976 December 25, “Canada's Gay Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:
      The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution."
  2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
    Synonym: antiepileptic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épileptique, from Latin epilepticus.

Adjective

epileptic m or n (feminine singular epileptică, masculine plural epileptici, feminine and neuter plural epileptice)

  1. epileptic

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite epileptic epileptică epileptici epileptice
definite epilepticul epileptica epilepticii epilepticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite epileptic epileptice epileptici epileptice
definite epilepticului epilepticei epilepticilor epilepticelor
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