EPILEPTOID

adj. E2p-i2-le2p/toid. Erom eVAjjirros, ep'leptic, and eifios, resemblance. Fr., epilepto'ide. Ger., e. Resembling epilepsy or an epileptic convulsion. As a n., of Griesinger, a person of a cla who suffer from megrim, vertigo, dyspepsia, syncope, hallucinations, and all kinds of abnormal sensations. These symptoms come on periodically and paroxysmally, and occur in persons who have an hereditary neuropathic disposition. [Althaus fa, 29).] EPILEPTOi' [s. 729]