grand mal

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun grand mal has 2 senses

grand mal(n = noun.state) epilepsia major, generalized epilepsy, grand mal epilepsy - epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking; Array

is a kind of epilepsy

grand mal(n = noun.state) epilepsia major, generalized seizure - a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body; Array

is a kind of epileptic seizure

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

grand mal, n. a serious form of epilepsy with loss of consciousness (cf. PETIT MAL).

Etymology

F, = great sickness

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THESAURUS

grand mal

Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic epilepsy, blockage, cardiac epilepsy, clonic spasm, clonus, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, cramp, cursive epilepsy, diurnal epilepsy, eclampsia, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, falling sickness, fit, focal epilepsy, frenzy, haute mal, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, lockjaw, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, paroxysm, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, reflex epilepsy, rotatoria, seizure, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, spasm, stoppage, stroke, tardy epilepsy, tetanus, tetany, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation

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