Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0766 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-lepsy: Seizure
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The idea
The suffix lepsy names a seizure or a sudden attack.
In practice
Narcolepsy names a condition of sudden attacks of sleep.
Where people slip
Lepsy names the sudden event, not the condition producing it.
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