1. The falling sickness, so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground, a disease characterized by convulsions and loss of sense and consciousness.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• epilespy,
• eplipsy,
• epilepcy,
• epilespsy,
• epaleply,
• epilipsey,
• epilipsy,
• epilepsey,
• epliepsy,
• epelipsy,
• epilepsi,
• epilepsie,
• epelepsy,
• epilesy,
• eplilepsy,
• epillepsy,
• epllepsy,
• epilpsy,
• eplepsy,
• epalepsy

• epileptic.

The adjective form of the word "epilepsy" is "epileptic".

The plural form of "epilepsy" is also "epilepsy".

The singular form of the word "epilepsy" remains the same as "epilepsy".