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GRAND MAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grand mal mean?

• GRAND MAL (noun)
The noun GRAND MAL has 1 sense:

1. a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

Familiarity information: GRAND MAL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAND MAL (noun)

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Meaning:

A seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epilepsia major; generalized seizure; grand mal

Hypernyms ("grand mal" is a kind of...):

epileptic seizure (convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness)

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