English Explanatory Dictionary

-lepsy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. a specified form of possession (noun sense 5 or noun sense 6), fit or seizure

Word forms

-lepsy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”) and epilepsy, which is from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā).

Related words

-leptic prolepsis

Derived words

epilepsy hypnolepsy hysteroepilepsy
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