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Epilepsy

The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.

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Encephalopathy 76% connected

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoni…

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Epileptic 74% connected

Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

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Epileptic 74% connected

Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

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Sign noun · 85% connection

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"

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Succedaneum noun · 85% connection

(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)

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Symptom noun · 85% connection

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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Aphasia noun · 85% connection

inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

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Ataxia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ataxy noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Cephalitis noun · 85% connection

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…

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Disseminated multiple sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Disseminated sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Dysarthria noun · 85% connection

impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature

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Dyssynergia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Encephalitis noun · 85% connection

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…

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Motor ataxia noun · 85% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ms noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Multiple sclerosis noun · 85% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Neuralgia noun · 85% connection

acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

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Neuralgy noun · 85% connection

acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

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Palsy noun · 85% connection

loss of the ability to move a body part

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Angina noun · 78% connection

a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart

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Antiperiodic noun · 78% connection

A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent feve…

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Bloody sweat unknown · 78% connection

A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.

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Bopeep noun · 78% connection

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and dr…

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Burst verb · 78% connection

To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appea…

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Case noun · 78% connection

A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

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Chlorosis noun · 78% connection

The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpit…

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Convalesce verb · 78% connection

To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

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Convalescency noun · 78% connection

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between…

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Deathbed noun · 78% connection

The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

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Drip noun · 78% connection

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

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Fall verb · 78% connection

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…

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