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Convulsing vs Epilepsy - What's the difference?

convulsing | epilepsy |

As a verb convulsing

is .

As a noun epilepsy is

(pathology) a medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

convulsing

English

Verb

(head)

    • epilepsy

    English

    (wikipedia epilepsy)

    Noun

  • (pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
  • * (Jeremy Taylor)
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * epileptic * epileptiform

    See also

    * falling sickness * grand mal * petit mal