-lepsia

Variant of -lepsy

-lepsy definition

-lepsy (lep′sē)

a fit, attack, seizure narcolepsy
also -lepsia -lep′sia (-sē ə)

Etymology: ModL -lepsia < Gr -lēpsia < lēpsis, an attack < base of lambanein, to seize: see lemma

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