petit mal English

Meaning petit mal meaning

What does petit mal mean?

petit mal

— noun a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching the girl was frightened by her first petit mal

— noun epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities) she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood

Synonyms petit mal synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as petit mal?

petit mal English » English

epilepsia minor

petit mal epilepsy

minor epilepsy

pykno-lepsy

pykno-epilepsy

epilepsy