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Epileptic vs Analepsis - What's the difference?

epileptic | analepsis |

As nouns the difference between epileptic and analepsis

is that epileptic is a person who has epilepsy while analepsis is a form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.

As an adjective epileptic

is of or relating to epilepsy.

epileptic

English

Alternative forms

* epileptick (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to epilepsy.
  • Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has epilepsy.
  • (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

    • analepsis

    English

    Noun

    (analepses)
  • A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated
  • (medicine) Recovery of strength after sickness.
  • (medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
    • (Webster 1913)