GRAND MAL EPILEPSY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

Synonyms:

epilepsia major; generalized epilepsy; grand mal; grand mal epilepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("grand mal epilepsy" is a kind of...):

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

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