petit mal
noun
1 petit mal
Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities):
— She has been suffering from petit mal since childhood.
synonyms: epilepsia minor, petit mal epilepsy.
2 petit mal
A seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching:
— The girl was frightened by her first petit mal.
synonym: epilepsia minor.
Moby thesaurus: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic epilepsy, blockage, cardiac epilepsy, clonic spasm, clonus, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, cramp, cursive epilepsy ... show more.
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