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Grand Mal

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
epilepsia majorgeneralized epilepsygeneralized seizuregrand mal epilepsy
plural
Grand Mals
possessive
Grand Mal's
pluralpossessive
Grand Mals'