-LEPSY


Meaning of -LEPSY in English

ˌlepsē, -si noun combining form

also -lep·sia ˈlepsēə ; or -lep·sis -lepsə̇s

( plural -lepsies -sēz, -siz ; also -lepsias -sēəz ; or -lep·ses -(ˌ)sēz)

Etymology: -lepsy from Middle French -lepsie, from Late Latin -lepsia, from Greek -lēpsia, from lēpsis act of taking hold or receiving, seizure (from lēptos, verbal of lambanein to take, seize) + -ia -y; -lepsia, New Latin, from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, from Greek -lēpsia; -lepsis, Latin, from Greek -lēpsis, from lēpsis — more at latch

: taking : seizure

epi lepsy

andro lepsia

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