'grand mal' definitions:
Definition of 'grand mal'
From: WordNet
noun
Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking [syn: grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major]
noun
A seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body [syn: grand mal, generalized seizure, epilepsia major]
Synonyms of 'grand mal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- eclampsia,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fit,
- focal epilepsy,
- frenzy,
- haute mal,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- occlusion,
- paroxysm,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- reflex epilepsy,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- serial epilepsy,
- spasm,
- stoppage,
- stroke,
- tardy epilepsy,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- trismus,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- visitation