petit mal

Noun
  1. Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities) (synset 114111609)
    "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood"
    is a type of: epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
    has: absence, absence seizure - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
    same as: epilepsia minor, petit mal epilepsy
  2. A seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching (synset 114107041)
    "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal"
    is a type of: epileptic seizure - convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness
    same as: epilepsia minor

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