epilepsia

epilepsia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) epilepsy (medical condition)

From epilepsio (“epilepsy”) +‎ -a.

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• IPA^(key): /epilepˈsia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧lep‧si‧a

epilepsia (accusative singular epilepsian, plural epilepsiaj, accusative plural epilepsiajn)

1. epileptic

Internationalism (see French épilepsie), ultimately from Latin epilēpsia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈepilepsiɑ/, [ˈe̞piˌle̞ps̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -epsiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧pi‧lep‧si‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): epi‧lep‧sia

epilepsia

1. epilepsy

• kaatumatauti

• “epilepsia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Learned borrowing from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía), from ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “to seize”).

epilepsia f (plural epilepsias)

1. (pathology) epilepsy (condition characterised by recurring seizures)

• epilético

• IPA^(key): [ˈepilepsi̯a]

epilepsia f (relational adjective epileptický)

1. epilepsy

• “epilepsia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Late Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).

• IPA^(key): /epiˈlebsja/ [e.piˈleβ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -ebsja
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧lep‧sia

epilepsia f (plural epilepsias)

1. epilepsy

• “epilepsia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024