Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes a person to have recurring seizure attacks.
A seizure is characterized by a momentary disruption of motor, sensory, or mental function and is defined as an aberrant and disordered firing of the brain's nerve cells.
There are numerous distinct forms of seizures, the primary distinction between them being which parts of the brain are affected. The only thing that is implied by the term "epilepsy"...