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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Epileptic \Ep'i*lep"tic\, adjective [L. epilepticus, Gr. ? : cf. F. ['e]pileptique.] Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Epileptic \Ep'i*lep"tic\, noun
1. One affected with epilepsy.
2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
epileptic
adjective: of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy; "epileptic seizure"
noun: a person who has epilepsy
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "epileptic": allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic, sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian
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