epilepsy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/
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• US: /ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsi/
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• US: /ˈɛpəˌlɛpsi/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈepəlepsi/
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• Scotland: /ˈɛpɪlɛpse/
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• Scotland: /-sɪ/
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• Scotland: /-si/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 P AH0 L EH2 P S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Since 16th century; borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā), from ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “to seize”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). Displaced native Old English fiellesēocnes (literally “falling sickness”).

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: epilepsi — medical condition
• Albanian: sëmundje e tokës — medical condition
• Albanian: botë — medical condition
• Albanian: shakull — medical condition
• Albanian: punëherë — medical condition
• Arabic: صَرْع (ṣarʕ) — medical condition
• Armenian: ընկնավորություն (ənknavorutʻyun) — medical condition
• Assamese: আঁৱৰি (ãori) — medical condition
• Asturian: epilepsia — medical condition
• Banjarese: gila babi — medical condition
• Banjarese: balawa — medical condition
• Bengali: মৃগীরোগ (mrigirōg) — medical condition
• Catalan: epilèpsia — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊癲瘋 /羊癫疯 (yángdiānfēng) — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 癲癇 /癫痫 (diānxián) — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 癲癇癥 /癫痫症 (diānxiánzhèng) — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊癇 /羊痫 (yángxián) — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊癇瘋 /羊痫疯 (yángxiánfēng) — medical condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊角風 /羊角风 (yángjiǎofēng) — medical condition
• Czech: epilepsie — medical condition
• Danish: epilepsi — medical condition
• Danish: ligfald — medical condition
• Danish: faldende syge — medical condition
• Dinka: nok — medical condition
• Dutch: epilepsie — medical condition
• Dutch: vallende ziekte — medical condition
• Esperanto: epilepsio — medical condition
• Estonian: epilepsia — medical condition
• Estonian: langetõbi — medical condition
• Finnish: epilepsia — medical condition
• French: épilepsie — medical condition
• French: mal caduc — medical condition
• Galician: epilepsia — medical condition
• Galician: gota — medical condition
• German: Epilepsie — medical condition
• German: Fallsucht — medical condition
• Greek: επιληψία (epilipsía) — medical condition
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía) — medical condition
• Gujarati: અપસ્માર (apasmār) — medical condition
• Haitian Creole: malkadi — medical condition
• Hindi: अपस्मार (apasmār) — medical condition
• Hindi: मिर्गी (mirgī) — medical condition
• Hungarian: epilepszia — medical condition
• Icelandic: flogaveiki — medical condition
• Icelandic: flog — medical condition
• Icelandic: niðurfallssýki — medical condition
• Ido: epilepsio — medical condition
• Igbo: ájụ̀ — medical condition
• Indonesian: epilepsi — medical condition
• Indonesian: ayan — medical condition
• Ingrian: lankiivatauti — medical condition
• Irish: titimeas — medical condition
• Irish: an bhreoiteacht mhór — medical condition
• Irish: galar titimeach — medical condition
• Irish: galar Póil — medical condition
• Irish: galar talmhaí — medical condition
• Irish: an tinneas beannaithe — medical condition
• Irish: an tinneas mór — medical condition
• Irish: tinneas Póil — medical condition
• Irish: tinneas talún — medical condition
• Isoko: evbavba — medical condition
• Italian: epilessia — medical condition
• Japanese: 癲癇 (tenkan) — medical condition
• Javanese: ꦲꦪꦤ꧀ (ayan) — medical condition
• Kazakh: қояншық (qoänşyq) — medical condition
• Central Kurdish: فێ (fê) — medical condition
• Latin: epilēpsia — medical condition
• Luganda: enzimire — medical condition
• Macedonian: епилепсија (epilepsija) — medical condition
• Macedonian: падавица (padavica) — medical condition
• Malay: epilepsi — medical condition
• Malay: gila babi — medical condition
• Malay: sawan — medical condition
• Māori: (mate)hukihuki — medical condition
• Māori: hūkiki — medical condition
• Minangkabau: ayan — medical condition
• Nias: faniri — medical condition
• Nogai: талма (talma) — medical condition
• Norman: épilepsie — medical condition
• Norwegian Bokmål: epilepsi — medical condition
• Norwegian Nynorsk: epilepsi — medical condition
• Odia: ଅପସ୍ମାର (apasmāra) — medical condition
• Old English: fiellesēocnes — medical condition
• Persian: صرع (sar') — medical condition
• Plautdietsch: Aunstoot — medical condition
• Polish: padaczka — medical condition
• Polish: epilepsja — medical condition
• Portuguese: epilepsia — medical condition
• Russian: эпиле́псия (epilépsija) — medical condition
• Russian: паду́чая (padúčaja) — medical condition
• Sanskrit: अपस्मार (apasmāra) — medical condition
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas — medical condition
• Serbo-Croatian: епилѐпсија — medical condition
• Serbo-Croatian: па̏давица — medical condition
• Serbo-Croatian: epilèpsija — medical condition
• Serbo-Croatian: pȁdavica — medical condition
• Slovene: epilepsija — medical condition
• Slovene: božjast — medical condition
• Somali: qallal — medical condition
• Spanish: epilepsia — medical condition
• Spanish: gota caduca — medical condition
• Spanish: gota coral — medical condition
• Spanish: mal caduco — medical condition
• Sranan Tongo: adube — medical condition
• Sundanese: épilépsi — medical condition
• Sundanese: ayan — medical condition
• Swahili: kifafa — medical condition
• Swedish: epilepsi — medical condition
• Tagalog: kisay — medical condition
• Tagalog: gotakural — medical condition
• Tày: bả mu — medical condition
• Thai: ลมชัก (lom-chák) — medical condition
• Thai: ลมบ้าหมู (lom-bâa-mǔu) — medical condition
• Tocharian B: apasmār — medical condition
• Turkish: tutarak — medical condition
• Turkish: tutarık — medical condition
• Turkish: tutarga — medical condition
• Turkish: yilbik — medical condition
• Turkish: sara — medical condition
• Turkish: epilepsi — medical condition
• Ukrainian: епіле́псія (epilépsija) — medical condition
• Urdu: مِرْگی (mirgī) — medical condition
• Urdu: صَرْع (sar') — medical condition
• Vietnamese: bệnh động kinh — medical condition
• Vietnamese: hội chứng động kinh — medical condition
• Volapük: peiläp — medical condition
• Welsh: epilepsi — medical condition
• Yiddish: ניכפּה (nikhpe) — medical condition