What is the medical term meaning epilepsy?

Answer 1

Epilepsy is itself a medical term. Epilepsy has many forms, so there are many individual types of epilepsy. Epilepsy is defined as the tendency to have recurring seizures. A seizure is not epilpesy. It is a symptom of epilepsy.

Answer 2

It is a sudden uncontrollable attack.
A violent, involuntary contracting and relaxing muscles.

Answer 3

Ictus is the medical term meaning seizure, but you don't often see it used. But postictal (after seizure) is in common use.

Answer 4

A tonic-clonic seizure is the current term for what used to be called a grand mal seizure.

Answer 5

Seizures or spasms