癇性
Chinese
| epilepsy; insanity | sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (癇性) | 癇 | 性 | |
| simp. (痫性) | 痫 | 性 | |
Pronunciation
Adjective
癇性
- (medicine, attributive) epileptic
Usage notes
Mostly found in 癇性發作／痫性发作 (xiánxìng fāzuò, “seizure”), a medical term aimed to disambiguate from 癲癇／癫痫 (diānxián) which is the general term for epilepsy/seizures. However, when this is used attributively elsewhere, it often translates to “epileptic”.