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What is another word for epileptics?

Pronunciation: [ˌɛpɪlˈɛptɪks] (IPA)

Epileptics, or people with epilepsy, may also be referred to as seizure sufferers, seizure patients, or persons with convulsive disorders. Another common synonym is seizure-prone individuals. In medical contexts, the term "epileptic" is sometimes avoided because it can be perceived as stigmatizing or reducing a person to their medical condition. Instead, healthcare providers might prefer to use neutral or person-first language, such as "people with epilepsy" or "individuals who experience seizures". Regardless of the terminology used, it is important to treat people with epilepsy with dignity and respect, and to recognize that they may face unique challenges and accommodations in daily life.
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What are the hypernyms for Epileptics?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    individuals with a seizure disorder, individuals with epilepsy, people with a neurological disorder, people with epilepsy.

Usage examples for Epileptics

There may be no doubt that feeble-mindedness ought not to be transmitted to the next generation, but have we really a right to prevent the marriage of epileptics or psychasthenics?
"Psychology and Social Sanity"
Hugo Münsterberg
As a rule the mental defectives and epileptics cared for in institutions are of low grade.
"Eugenics as a Factor in the Prevention of Mental Disease"
Horatio Milo Pollock
It is hardly necessary to say that the treatment of the unfortunate lunatics and epileptics who were judged to be witches by James I. was nothing else than death, and he thus coolly comments on this punishment: "It is commonly used by fire, but that is an indifferent thing, to be used in every country, according to the law or custom thereof."
"Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles"
Daniel Hack Tuke

Related words: epilepsy, epileptic, epilepsy disorders, epilepsy in children, epilepsy medications, epilepsy in adults, seizure disorders, seizures

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