Complete Definition of "grand mal"

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Noun
grand mal

Etymology: from French great illness.

#A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as severe and involve spasms and unconsciousness. A formal medical term would be tonic-clonic seizures.

Contrast petit mal seizures.

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