EPILEPSIA MINOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epilepsia minor mean? 

• EPILEPSIA MINOR (noun)
  The noun EPILEPSIA MINOR has 2 senses:

1. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

2. a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

  Familiarity information: EPILEPSIA MINOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPILEPSIA MINOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epilepsia minor; petit mal; petit mal epilepsy

Context example:

she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood

Hypernyms ("epilepsia minor" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "epilepsia minor"):

absence; absence seizure (the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epilepsia minor; petit mal

Context example:

the girl was frightened by her first petit mal

Hypernyms ("epilepsia minor" is a kind of...):

epileptic seizure (convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness)