epilepsy

英 ['ep?leps?] 美['?p?'l?psi]

低頻詞暢通詞匯

復數:?epilepsies;形容詞:?epileptic;

epilepsy 癲癇

epi-, 在上，在中。-lepsy, 拿，握，抓住，詞源同lemma, catalepsy. 即疾病上身的。

epilepsy: epilepsy: [16] Etymologically, epilepsy is the Greek equivalent of English seizure or attack. The word comes, via French or Latin, from Greek epilēpsíā, a derivative of epilambánein ‘seize upon’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix epí- ‘on’ and lambánein ‘take hold of’.
epilepsy (n.): 1570s, from Middle French epilepsie (16c.), from Late Latin epilepsia, from Greek epilepsis "epilepsy," literally "a seizure," from epilambanein "to lay hold of, seize upon, attack," especially of diseases, but also of events, armies, etc., from epi "upon" (see epi-) + lepsis "seizure," from leps-, future stem of lambanein "take hold of, grasp" (see analemma). Earlier was epilencie (late 14c.), from Middle French epilence, a variant form influenced by pestilence. The native name in English was falling sickness.

2. He couldn't take that job at the zoo because of his epilepsy.: 他因患有癲癇而無法接受動物園的那份工作.

3. The mechanism of post traumatic epilepsy ( PTE ) is unclear.: 外傷后癲癇 ( posttraumatic epilepsy, PTE ) 的發病機制尚不清楚.

4. People with epilepsy and similar diseases can take pills to stabilize their condition.: 癲癇病和類似疾病患者可吃藥丸穩定病情.

5. Atonic seizures: An independent epilepsy type or epilepsy syndrome?: 失張力發作: 一獨立的癲癇類型或癲癇綜合征?