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falling sickness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fit in which one suddenly falls to the ground: a popular name for epilepsy.

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  • noun archaic Epilepsy.

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synonyms (109)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Jacksonian epilepsy
  2. MS
  3. Rolandic epilepsy
  4. abdominal epilepsy
  5. access
  6. acquired epilepsy
  7. activated epilepsy
  8. affect epilepsy
  9. akinetic epilepsy
  10. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  11. apoplexy
  12. arrest
  13. attack
  14. autonomic epilepsy
  15. blockage
  16. brain disease
  17. cardiac epilepsy
  18. cephalalgia
  19. cerebral palsy
  20. chorea
  21. clonic spasm
  22. clonus
  23. convulsion
  24. cortical epilepsy
  25. cramp
  26. cursive epilepsy
  27. diurnal epilepsy
  28. eclampsia
  29. emotional disorder
  30. epilepsia
  31. epilepsia gravior
  32. epilepsia major
  33. epilepsia minor
  34. epilepsia mitior
  35. epilepsia nutans
  36. epilepsia tarda
  37. epilepsy
  38. epitasis
  39. fit
  40. focal epilepsy
  41. frenzy
  42. glossopharyngeal neuralgia
  43. grand mal
  44. grip
  45. haute mal
  46. headache
  47. herpes zoster
  48. hysterical epilepsy
  49. ictus
  50. ischialgia
  51. larval epilepsy
  52. laryngeal epilepsy
  53. laryngospasm
  54. latent epilepsy
  55. lockjaw
  56. matutinal epilepsy
  57. menstrual epilepsy
  58. migraine
  59. multiple sclerosis
  60. musicogenic epilepsy
  61. myoclonous epilepsy
  62. nervous disorder
  63. neuralgia
  64. neuritis
  65. neuropathy
  66. nocturnal epilepsy
  67. occlusion
  68. organic psychosis
  69. orgasm
  70. palsy
  71. paroxysm
  72. petit mal
  73. physiologic epilepsy
  74. polyneuritis
  75. pressure neuropathy
  76. priapism
  77. psychic epilepsy
  78. psychomotor epilepsy
  79. radiculitis
  80. reflex epilepsy
  81. rotatoria
  82. sciatic neuritis
  83. sciatica
  84. seizure
  85. sensory epilepsy
  86. serial epilepsy
  87. sexual climax
  88. shaking palsy
  89. shingles
  90. spasm
  91. spastic paralysis
  92. stoppage
  93. stroke
  94. tardy epilepsy
  95. tetanus
  96. tetany
  97. the jerks
  98. throes
  99. thromboembolism
  100. thrombosis
  101. tic douloureux
  102. tonic epilepsy
  103. tonic spasm
  104. torsion spasm
  105. toxic psychosis
  106. traumatic epilepsy
  107. trismus
  108. ucinate epilepsy
  109. visitation

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