Epileptic
adjective
Related to or suffering from epilepsy, a brain condition causing people to have sudden, violent fits.
The medication helps control seizures in epileptic patients.
Often appears as...
- epileptic seizure
- epileptic patient
noun
A person who has epilepsy.
Epileptics often carry identification in case they have a seizure in public.
Often appears as...
- living as an epileptic
- support for epileptics
adjective
Related to or suffering from epilepsy, a brain condition causing people to have sudden, violent fits.
The medication helps control seizures in epileptic patients.
Often appears as...
- epileptic seizure
- epileptic patient
noun
A person who has epilepsy.
Epileptics often carry identification in case they have a seizure in public.
Often appears as...
- living as an epileptic
- support for epileptics
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Awareness
Use 'epileptic' in medical or clinical discussions to refer to seizures related to epilepsy.
The surgeon discussed the risks of operating on epileptic patients.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Needed
'Epileptic' can sometimes be seen as a label, so it's more respectful to say 'person with epilepsy'.
My brother is a person with epilepsy, not just an 'epileptic'.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjective Nuance
'Epileptic' describes things related to epilepsy, not just the person. Be clear in context.
The clinic specializes in epileptic care and treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Awareness
Use 'epileptic' in medical or clinical discussions to refer to seizures related to epilepsy.
The surgeon discussed the risks of operating on epileptic patients.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Needed
'Epileptic' can sometimes be seen as a label, so it's more respectful to say 'person with epilepsy'.
My brother is a person with epilepsy, not just an 'epileptic'.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjective Nuance
'Epileptic' describes things related to epilepsy, not just the person. Be clear in context.
The clinic specializes in epileptic care and treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Awareness
Use 'epileptic' in medical or clinical discussions to refer to seizures related to epilepsy.
The surgeon discussed the risks of operating on epileptic patients.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitivity Needed
'Epileptic' can sometimes be seen as a label, so it's more respectful to say 'person with epilepsy'.
My brother is a person with epilepsy, not just an 'epileptic'.
Pro Tip 3/3Adjective Nuance
'Epileptic' describes things related to epilepsy, not just the person. Be clear in context.
The clinic specializes in epileptic care and treatment.
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Video examples
Ed Boyden: A light...
And they do the opposite of the molecule I told you about before, with the blue light activator, channelrhodopsin. Let's give an example of where we think this is going to go. Consider, for example, a condition like epilepsy, where the brain is overactive. Now, if drugs fail in epileptic treatment, one of the strategies is to remove part of the brain,
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Robert Fischell: TED...
to the epileptic focus, the origin of the epilepsy, where we can sense the electrical signal and have computer analysis that tells us when to hit it with some electrical current to prevent the clinical manifestation of the seizure. In the blue wire, we see what's called a deep brain electrode.
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National Geographic...
We know a lot about nerve cells in post-mortem, in dead brains and of course in animals. But there's a rare occasion when you can actually listen in to the way neurons talk to each other, and that's during neurosurgery. So in some subset of patients, that have epileptic seizures,
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A light switch for...
example a condition like epilepsy where the brain is overactive now if drugs fail an epileptic treatment one of the strategies is to remove part of the brain that's obviously irreversible and there could be side effects what if we could just turn off that brain for the
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When technology can read...
I think it's safe to say that with our advances in technology, more and more of what's happening in the human brain can and will be decoded over time. Already, using one of these devices, an epileptic can know they're going to have an epileptic seizure
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Didier Sornette: How we...
toward the instability, giving birth to the baby, the dragon-king. So if you measure the precursor signal, you can actually identify pre- and post-maturity problems in advance. Epileptic seizures also come in a large variety of size,
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Sherwin Nuland: How...
began to notice among their patients, who were also epileptics, that if they had a series of epileptic fits, a lot of them in a row -- the depression would very frequently lift. Not only would it lift, but it might never return.
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"Meeting her for the...
blessed we feel to have brought this plant into our lives and into our daughter's life I wish every epileptic child and family that wants to choose to try it would have that option
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The Best Dogs of BBC...
are now transforming lives all over the country they're being trained to detect the early warning signals for severe allergic reactions epileptic fits and narcolepsy
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Dogs Can Smell Cancer PIPE...
are now transforming lives all over the country they're being trained to detect the early warning signals for severe allergic reactions epileptic fits and narcolepsy
Video examples
Ed Boyden: A light...
And they do the opposite of the molecule I told you about before, with the blue light activator, channelrhodopsin. Let's give an example of where we think this is going to go. Consider, for example, a condition like epilepsy, where the brain is overactive. Now, if drugs fail in epileptic treatment, one of the strategies is to remove part of the brain,
Video examples
Robert Fischell: TED...
to the epileptic focus, the origin of the epilepsy, where we can sense the electrical signal and have computer analysis that tells us when to hit it with some electrical current to prevent the clinical manifestation of the seizure. In the blue wire, we see what's called a deep brain electrode.
Video examples
National Geographic...
We know a lot about nerve cells in post-mortem, in dead brains and of course in animals. But there's a rare occasion when you can actually listen in to the way neurons talk to each other, and that's during neurosurgery. So in some subset of patients, that have epileptic seizures,
Video examples
A light switch for...
example a condition like epilepsy where the brain is overactive now if drugs fail an epileptic treatment one of the strategies is to remove part of the brain that's obviously irreversible and there could be side effects what if we could just turn off that brain for the
Video examples
When technology can read...
I think it's safe to say that with our advances in technology, more and more of what's happening in the human brain can and will be decoded over time. Already, using one of these devices, an epileptic can know they're going to have an epileptic seizure
Video examples
Didier Sornette: How we...
toward the instability, giving birth to the baby, the dragon-king. So if you measure the precursor signal, you can actually identify pre- and post-maturity problems in advance. Epileptic seizures also come in a large variety of size,
Video examples
Sherwin Nuland: How...
began to notice among their patients, who were also epileptics, that if they had a series of epileptic fits, a lot of them in a row -- the depression would very frequently lift. Not only would it lift, but it might never return.
Video examples
"Meeting her for the...
blessed we feel to have brought this plant into our lives and into our daughter's life I wish every epileptic child and family that wants to choose to try it would have that option
Video examples
The Best Dogs of BBC...
are now transforming lives all over the country they're being trained to detect the early warning signals for severe allergic reactions epileptic fits and narcolepsy
Video examples
Dogs Can Smell Cancer PIPE...
are now transforming lives all over the country they're being trained to detect the early warning signals for severe allergic reactions epileptic fits and narcolepsy
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
No one knows this, but when I would play the clubs back in '65, '66, they used to call me 'Screaming Chicken,' 'cause I would go out and scream, fall on the ground, beat myself, smash stuff, jump through the ceiling, roll on the floor, and act like I was having epileptic fits.
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Lionel Blue
British Clergyman
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
Quote examples
Rick Nielsen
American Musician
No one knows this, but when I would play the clubs back in '65, '66, they used to call me 'Screaming Chicken,' 'cause I would go out and scream, fall on the ground, beat myself, smash stuff, jump through the ceiling, roll on the floor, and act like I was having epileptic fits.
Quote examples
Lionel Blue
British Clergyman
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic.
Example 1 of 3
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