generalized seizure

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

   Synonymsgrand malepilepsia major

   Broaderepileptic seizure

Questions about generalized seizure

What does generalized seizure mean?

generalized seizure means "a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body".

What is another word for generalized seizure?

Close synonyms include 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 seizure a common word?

generalized seizure 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.