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
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- epilepsia majorgeneralized epilepsygeneralized seizuregrand mal epilepsy
- plural
- Grand Mals
- possessive
- Grand Mal's
- pluralpossessive
- Grand Mals'