epileptic (epileptik)

and n. [F. épilep tique = Sp. epiléptico = Pg. epileptico = = It. epi lettico (cf. D. G. epileptisch = Dan. Sw. epil tisk ), ἐπίληπτος, suffering from epilepsy (see epilepsy ), + -γενής, producing: see-genous.] Giving rise to epilepsy. Basilar motor centers [of the brain] may acquire the epileptogenous property. Alien, and Neurol., VI. 449. epileptoid (ep-i-lep'toid), a. [