different between epileptic vs analepsis

English

Alternative forms

• epileptick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French épileptique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??l?pt?k/
• Hyphenation: epi?lep?tic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Translations

Noun

epileptic (plural epileptics)

1. (dated sense, derogatory) A person who has epilepsy.
2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

   Synonym: antiepileptic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French épileptique, from Latin epilepticus.

Adjective

epileptic m or n (feminine singular epileptic?, masculine plural epileptici, feminine and neuter plural epileptice)

1. epileptic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anál?psis).

Noun

analepsis (countable and uncountable, plural analepses)

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

Translations

Further reading

• Flashback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (anál?psis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ana?lebsis/, [a.na?le??.sis]

Noun

analepsis f (uncountable)

1. analepsis

See also

• prolepsis

Further reading

• “analepsis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.