- 1癲癇（舊口語「羊癲瘋」帶歧視，現在用醫學名比較尊重）
Epilepsy is a condition of the brain. For a short time, the brain’s usual signals go wrong, and the person may shake, fall, stare, or not know where they are. Then it stops. Doctors call those moments seizures. Though actually, epilepsy is not one single show: some people fall and jerk; some only look blank for a few seconds, and may think they are . It is not catching, and it is not the same as being “crazy”. Older English called it the falling sickness, because people suddenly fell down; that name is gone. A person has epilepsy; we do not say they are an epilepsy. It is a plain medical word, like diabetes — used in hospitals, health class, and careful news, not as a joke.
組成Borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin, from Ancient Greek: epi- (upon) + a piece from “to take”. The old picture is “a seizing upon”. It replaced Old English fiellesēocnes, literally “falling sickness”.
同家族的字
- epilepticthe adjective, and the older person-word from the same name
- narcolepsyshares -lepsy, a sudden seizing or attack
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
epilepsynoun/ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/
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medicinepathologysciencesA 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.
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