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 attacks involve 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)

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Meaning:

Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epilepsia major; generalized epilepsy; grand mal; 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)