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GRAND MAL EPILEPSY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grand mal epilepsy mean?

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

1. epilepsy in which the attack involves loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

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

Dictionary entry details

• GRAND MAL EPILEPSY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Epilepsy in which the attack involves loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

generalized epilepsy; grand mal epilepsy

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

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

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