grand mal epilepsy

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

   Synonymsgrand malgeneralized epilepsyepilepsia major

   Broaderepilepsy

Questions about grand mal epilepsy

What does grand mal epilepsy mean?

grand mal 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 grand mal epilepsy?

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

grand mal 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.