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[Gr. ἀνάληψις ( an a leps is ) = a taking up, restoration; ἀναλαμβάνω ( an a lamb a no ), fut. ἀναλήψομαι ( analēpsomai ) = to take up, to restore to health: ἀvá ( ana ), and λαμβάνω (lamb anō), fut. λήψομαι ( lepsomai ) = to take.] 1. The augmentation or nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery of strength after disease. ( Quincey , .) 2. The name given by Johannes Anglicus and River i us to a kind of epilepsy which is said to proceed from disorder of the stomach. It is sometimes used in a more extended sense for epilepsy in general. ( Parr .)