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ep•i•lep•sy
Pronunciation: (ep'u-lep"sē), [key]—
n. Pathol.
a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness
(petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness
(grand mal). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.