Types of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological condition defined by recurring unprovoked seizures. Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system and affects people of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds. In many cases, there may be no detectable cause for epilepsy. There are a number of epilepsy syndromes that are defined based on a unique combination of symptoms.
A nation is a group of people who are bound together through history, culture, language, religion, customs, etc. A state is a portion of land with a sovereign government and laws. nation refers to a single ethnic community of people who share a common identity and usually a common origin, while a nation state may be multi-cultural and is defined as a â¦ group of people united in the political and legal structure of the State.
Thus, the USA is a state, a nation and/or a nation-state, whereas the state of Massachusetts is simply a dependent political subdivision of the USA. Sorry about the length of this, but if you had wanted a dictionary definition, you'd have checked it out in your Funk and Wagnalls.y definition, 'state' is synonymous with nation. Nation-state, I suppose distinguishes a homogeneous autonomous region inhabited by people sharing a common culture, history and language from, for example, a city-state.