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have epilepsy
have 是最常用的动词搭配，表示患有癫痫。
She has had epilepsy since she was a child.
她从小就有癫痫。
癫痫；羊痫疯
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
癫痫；羊痫疯
a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
She has had epilepsy since she was a child.
她从小就有癫痫。
“羊痫疯”为口语说法，医学上多用“癫痫”。
一种导致患者出现癫痫发作和意识丧失的医学状况。
A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
以意识丧失和抽搐为特征的中枢神经系统疾病
a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
She has had epilepsy since childhood and takes medication every day.
她从小就有癫痫，每天都服药。
Epilepsy can sometimes be controlled with the right treatment, but it affects people differently.
癫痫有时可以通过正确的治疗得到控制，但不同人的受影响程度不同。
His brother was diagnosed with epilepsy after experiencing a sudden seizure.
他的弟弟经历了一次突然发作后被诊断出患有癫痫。
have 是最常用的动词搭配，表示患有癫痫。
She has had epilepsy since she was a child.
她从小就有癫痫。
suffer from 语气较正式，常用于书面语。
Many people suffer from epilepsy without knowing the cause.
许多人患有癫痫却不知道病因。
be diagnosed with 强调由医生确诊，通常用于陈述病史。
He was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of ten.
他十岁时被诊断患有癫痫。
表示“一种癫痫”时要用 a form/type of epilepsy，因为 epilepsy 本身通常不可数。
This is a rare form of epilepsy.
这是一种罕见的癫痫类型。
Not this
He is epilepsy.
Use this
He has epilepsy.
epilepsy 是名词，表示一种疾病，不能说 is epilepsy；表示患病要用“have + 疾病名”，也可以说 He is epileptic（用形容词）。
Not this
She has an epilepsy.
Use this
She has epilepsy.
epilepsy 在表示疾病时是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词 a/an。中文“一种癫痫”的用法不能套用到英语。
Not this
He suffers epilepsy.
Use this
He suffers from epilepsy.
表示“患某种疾病”时，suffer 是不及物动词，必须先接 from 再跟疾病名称；suffer epilepsy 漏掉了介词 from。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
患有癫痫
She has had epilepsy since she was a child.
她从小患有癫痫。
被诊断患有癫痫
He was diagnosed with epilepsy last year.
他去年被诊断患有癫痫。
颞叶癫痫
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of focal epilepsy.
颞叶癫痫是最常见的局灶性癫痫类型。
药物难治性癫痫
About one-third of patients have drug-resistant epilepsy.
大约三分之一的患者患有药物难治性癫痫。
癫痫手术
Epilepsy surgery can greatly reduce seizure frequency.
癫痫手术可以大大降低发作频率。
儿童期癫痫
Childhood epilepsy sometimes goes away on its own.
儿童期癫痫有时会自行消失。
Use epilepsy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：癫痫发作时像被无形的手猛地“扑”倒，epilepsy 里的 p 谐音“扑”，记住这个画面。
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical consultations、health education、news reports epilepsy 是标准医学名词，语体中性；通常用于医疗问诊、健康科普和新闻报道等场合，日常谈论病情时也比较常见。
复数形式 epilepsies 仅用于指不同类型的癫痫。
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