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epilepsy

[ep-uh-lep-see] / ˈɛp əˌlɛp si /


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Repeated episodes of an absence seizure over more than 24 hours can be an indication of epilepsy, although the seizures can be treated with medication.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Withers, who was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2019 after experiencing symptoms since he was a teenager, said he had also created a "special one" one in tribute to the NHS which had helped him.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Rapamycin reversed abnormal patterns of gene expression involving autism, epilepsy, and ion channel function.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Somebody who was managing this temporal lobe epilepsy, but also somebody who works in humanitarian aid field in this moment of unprecedented attacks against our aid workers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

In 1611, Barbara became ill with epilepsy and one of their three children died of smallpox.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Indeed, many epilepsies resemble a perverse imitation of normal activity for a given brain structure — and these lead to some of the distinctions between the pathology and activity associated with different epileptic disorders.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

In contrast to many of the focal epilepsies, it is the inhibitory response of interneurons that fuels absence seizures.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

Still, about 30% of epilepsies do not respond to pharmaceuticals, which prompted the search for alternative treatments.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

Electrophysiology insights could guide more sophisticated monitoring of cortical epilepsies and possibly other focal epilepsies as well.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

And it is probable, that the violent pains, which induce convulsions in painful epilepsies, are produced in the same manner, from a more sensible part sympathizing with a diseased one of less sensibility.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin




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