epilepsia minor

1. 1.

   epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

   “she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood”

   Synonymspetit mal epilepsypetit mal

   Broaderepilepsy

   Partsabsence
2. 2.

   a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

   “the girl was frightened by her first petit mal”

   Synonymspetit mal

   Broaderepileptic seizure

Questions about epilepsia minor

What does epilepsia minor mean?

epilepsia minor means "epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for epilepsia minor?

Close synonyms include petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, petit mal. 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 minor a common word?

epilepsia minor 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.