grand mal
(Redirected from epilepsia major)
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as severe and involve spasms and unconsciousness. A formal medical term would be tonic-clonic seizures.
- Coordinate term: petit mal
Translations
[edit]form of epilepsy
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