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grand mal epilepsy — noun epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking • Syn: ↑grand mal, ↑generalized epilepsy, ↑epilepsia major • Hypernyms: ↑epilepsy … Useful english dictionary
grand mal — grän(d) .mäl, grän .mäl, .mal; gran(d) .mal n severe epilepsy characterized by tonic clonic seizures also a tonic clonic seizure * * * (major epilepsy) see epilepsy * * * (grahn mahl) [Fr.] see under epilepsy … Medical dictionary
grand mal — convulsive epilepsy (with loss of consciousness), 1842, from Fr. grand mal, lit. great sickness (see GRAND (Cf. grand) (adj.)). Opposed to petit mal absence seizure … Etymology dictionary
grand mal — [grän′mäl′, grand′mal′] n. [Fr, lit., great ailment] a type of epilepsy in which there are convulsions and loss of consciousness: distinguished from PETIT MAL … English World dictionary
grand mal — ► NOUN ▪ a serious form of epilepsy with muscle spasms and prolonged loss of consciousness. Compare with PETIT MAL(Cf. ↑petit mal). ORIGIN French, great sickness … English terms dictionary
grand mal — [ˌgrɔn ˈmæl US ˌgra:n ] n [U] technical [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: great illness ] a serious form of ↑epilepsy →↑petit mal … Dictionary of contemporary English
grand mal — [ gran mal ] noun count or uncount MEDICAL a serious form of EPILEPSY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Grand mal — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 G40. Epilepsie … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grand mal — Épilepsie Épilepsie CIM 10 : G40 G41 électroencéphalogramme caractéristique de la crise épileptique … Wikipédia en Français
grand mal — UK [ˌɡrɒn ˈmæl] / US [ɡrɑn ˈmɑl] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms grand mal : singular grand mal plural grand mals medical a serious form of epilepsy … English dictionary
