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epilepsy

[ep-uh-lep-see] / ˈɛp əˌlɛp si /


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The recordings were made while patients undergoing epilepsy surgery were under general anesthesia.

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

Campos said her 44-year-old mother has asthma, her 9-year-old brother has epilepsy, and her 68-year-old grandmother is battling cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Campos said her 44-year-old mother has asthma, her 9-year-old brother has epilepsy, and her 68-year-old grandmother is battling cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Caroline said she became more understanding after her own daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy at the age of six.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

The patients included those who suffered with epilepsy, mental illness, blindness, deafness, mental disabilities, and severe physical deformities.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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