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petit mal

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pet·it mal  (pt mäl, ml)
n.
A form of epilepsy, occurring most often in adolescents and children, characterized by frequent but transient lapses of consciousness and only rare spasms or falling.
[French : petit, small + mal, illness.]
petit mal [ˈpɛtɪ ˈmæl (French) pəti mal]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a mild form of epilepsy characterized by periods of impairment or loss of consciousness for up to 30 seconds Compare grand mal
[French: little illness]
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Noun1.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"
epilepsia minor, petit mal epilepsy
epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
absence seizure, absence - 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
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"
epilepsia minor
epileptic seizure - convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness
Translations
petit mal
n (Med) → Petit Mal nt
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