The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EPILEPTIC
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What does EPILEPTIC mean?
EPILEPTIC noun- A person who has epilepsy.
- A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
- Of or relating to epilepsy.
- Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).