epileptoid

English

Etymology

From epileptic + -oid.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛpɪˈlɛptɔɪd/

Adjective

epileptoid (comparative more epileptoid, superlative most epileptoid)

  1. (medicine) Resembling epilepsy.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 983:
      A spasm of violent nausea seized him and he turned up his eyes into his head in a frightening grimace which seemed almost epileptoid.

Noun

epileptoid (plural epileptoids)

  1. (archaic) A person with epilepsy.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épileptoïde.

Adjective

epileptoid m or n (feminine singular epileptoidă, masculine plural epileptoizi, feminine and neuter plural epileptoide)

  1. epileptoid

Declension

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