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epilepsies

epilepsies is the plural of epilepsy.

Meaning of epilepsy

Noun

epilepsy (countable and uncountable, plural epilepsies)

  1. A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
    • Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

Questions about epilepsies

What is epilepsies the plural of?
Epilepsies is the plural of epilepsy.

Words near epilepsies in the dictionary

  1. epilatory
  2. epilayer
  3. epilayers
  4. epilemma
  5. epilemmal
  6. epilepsies
  7. epilepsy
  8. epileptic
  9. epileptical
  10. epileptically
  11. epileptick

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