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epilepsy

[ep-uh-lep-see] / ˈɛp əˌlɛp si /


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Michelle cares for her 23-year-old daughter Alicia, who has a learning disability and a rare form of epilepsy.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

To explore these questions, the research team recorded electrical signals from individual neurons in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Sulthiame is an existing medication that has previously been approved to treat a form of childhood epilepsy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

According to Catriona, her sister's death came even more as a shock as epilepsy was always just in the background of her sister's life.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

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

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin