epilepsia major

1. 1.

   epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

   Synonymsgrand mal epilepsygrand malgeneralized epilepsy

   Broaderepilepsy
2. 2.

   a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body

   Synonymsgrand malgeneralized seizure

   Broaderepileptic seizure

Questions about epilepsia major

What does epilepsia major mean?

epilepsia major means "epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for epilepsia major?

Close synonyms include grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, grand mal, generalized seizure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epilepsia major a common word?

epilepsia major is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.