grand mal
(Redirected from epilepsia major)
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as severe and involve spasms and unconsciousness. A formal medical term would be tonic-clonic seizures.
- Coordinate term: petit mal
Translations
editform of epilepsy
|