epileptic:
{the letter ‘c’ in this word is pronounced with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”}

- an epileptic having a stoke of fits
a person who suffers from a disease called ‘epilepsy’
(epilepsy = a disease of the brain which causes sudden attacks of uncontrolled and violent movements of the body (fits) and loss of consciousness)

- an epileptic being attended by paramedics
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