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countable and uncountable, plural epilepsies
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts. quotations
Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.
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