Epilepsy vs Cryptogenic - What's the difference?
epilepsy | cryptogenic |
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
(of an organism) Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
(of epilepsy) Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
(of a disease) Of uncertain cause.
As a noun epilepsy
is (pathology) a medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.As an adjective cryptogenic is
(of an organism) of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.epilepsy
English
(wikipedia epilepsy)Noun
- 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.