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noun
A type of epilepsy where seizures are characterized as severe and involving spasms and unconsciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: tonic-clonic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: generalized seizure, epilepsia major
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epileptic seizure
noun
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grand mal epilepsy, generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epilepsy
History
Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
