'Petit mal' definitions:
Definition of 'petit mal'
(from WordNet)
noun
Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood" [syn: petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor]
noun
A seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal" [syn: petit mal, epilepsia minor]
Definition of 'Petit mal'
From: GCIDE
- Petit mal \Pe*tit" mal"\ [F., lit., little sickness.] (Med.) The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions; -- opposed to grand mal. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'petit mal'
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- 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,
- grand mal,
- 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,
- 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