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Grand Mal

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

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
§2
epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

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