epileptic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ep=i=lep=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

epileptic, a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. : cf. F. épileptique.].

 Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.  [1913 Webster]

epileptic, n. 

•  One affected with epilepsy.  [1913 Webster]
•  A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

epileptic, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to epilepsy.
--n. a person with epilepsy.

Etymology

F {eacute}pileptique f. LL epilepticus f. Gk epileptikos (as EPILEPSY)

THESAURUS

epileptic

allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic, sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian