petit mal, n.
a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
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epilepsia minor petit mal
sample sentences
"the girl was frightened by her first petit mal"
semantic pointers
hypernym
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
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epilepsia minor petit mal petit mal epilepsy