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petit mal epilepsy
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Noun petit mal epilepsy has 1 sense
- petit mal epilepsy(n = noun.state) epilepsia minor, petit mal - 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
has parts: absence, absence seizure
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