n, pl  -sies  :  any of various disorders marked by disturbed electrical rhythms of the central nervous system and typically manifested by convulsive attacks usu. with clouding of consciousness - called also falling sickness  - see GRAND MAL PETIT MAL JACKSONIAN EPILEPSY  .
 
 
 
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