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petit mal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun petit mal has 2 senses
- petit mal(n = noun.state) epilepsia minor, petit mal epilepsy - epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" is a kind of epilepsy
- petit mal(n = noun.state) epilepsia minor - a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal" is a kind of epileptic seizure
has parts: absence, absence seizure
CIDE DICTIONARY
petit mal, [F., lit., little sickness.].
The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions; -- opposed to grand mal . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
petit mal, n. a mild form of epilepsy with only momentary loss of consciousness (cf. GRAND MAL).
Etymology
F, = little sickness
THESAURUS
petit 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, grand mal, 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, 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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