Anti-: Prefix generally meaning against, opposite or opposing, and contrary.. In medicine, anti-often connotes counteracting or effective against as in antibacterial, anti-infective, and antiviral. Sometimes medical terms containing anti-take on new meanings as has occurred with antibiotic and antibody.
1 Epilepsy is also associated with a variety of developmental and metabolic disorders. 2  Other causes include head injury, prenatal injury, and poisoning.  Triggers for seizures include lack of sleep, alcohol consumption, stress, or hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle.
1 Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness.2  Epilepsy is not contagious and is not caused by mental illness or mental retardation. Other causes include head injury, prenatal injury, and poisoning. 2  Triggers for seizures include lack of sleep, alcohol consumption, stress, or hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle. 3  There are many types of seizures, divided into two major categories: focal seizures and generalized seizures.