The plural of epilepsy; multiple instances or types of the neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures.
Plural form of 'epilepsia' from Greek 'epilambanein' (to seize). Modern medicine recognizes that epilepsy isn't one disease but many different seizure disorders.
Modern neurology has discovered that 'epilepsy' isn't actually one disease—there are over 60 different types of epilepsy, each with different causes and treatments, so using the plural 'epilepsies' is actually scientifically more accurate than people realize.
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