Petit Mal
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness and possibly other abnormalities
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- epilepsia minorpetit mal epilepsy
- plural
- Petit Mals
- possessive
- Petit Mal's
- pluralpossessive
- Petit Mals'