EPILEPSY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
   Hypernyms(s) epilepsy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • brain disorder (what does brain disorder mean?)
   • encephalopathy (what does encephalopathy mean?)
   • brain disease (what does brain disease mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • akinetic epilepsy (what does akinetic epilepsy mean?)
   • cortical epilepsy (what does cortical epilepsy mean?)
   • focal epilepsy (what does focal epilepsy mean?)
   • grand mal epilepsy (what does grand mal epilepsy mean?)
   • generalized epilepsy (what does generalized epilepsy mean?)
   • myoclonus epilepsy (what does myoclonus epilepsy mean?)
   • Lafora’s disease (what does Lafora’s disease mean?)
   • petit mal epilepsy (what does petit mal epilepsy mean?)
   • absence (what does absence mean?)
   • posttraumatic epilepsy (what does posttraumatic epilepsy mean?)
   • traumatic epilepsy (what does traumatic epilepsy mean?)
   • procursive epilepsy (what does procursive epilepsy mean?)
   • psychomotor epilepsy (what does psychomotor epilepsy mean?)
   • temporal lobe epilepsy (what does temporal lobe epilepsy mean?)
   • reflex epilepsy (what does reflex epilepsy mean?)
   • status epilepticus (what does status epilepticus mean?)
   • tonic epilepsy (what does tonic epilepsy mean?)