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EPILEPTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has epilepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("epileptic" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

Derivation:

epileptic (of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy

Example:

epileptic seizure

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

Derivation:

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

epileptic (a person who has epilepsy)

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