| Noun | 1. | epilepsia major - epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions |
| 2. | epilepsia major - a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body epileptic seizure - convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness |