generalized epilepsy

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgrand mal epilepsygrand malepilepsia major

   Broaderepilepsy

Questions about generalized epilepsy

What does generalized epilepsy mean?

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

What is another word for generalized epilepsy?

Close synonyms include grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, epilepsia major. 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 generalized epilepsy a common word?

generalized epilepsy 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.