transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgrän(d)-ˌmäl, ˈgräⁿ-ˌmäl, -ˌmal; ˈgran(d)-ˌmal ]
noun
Etymology: French, literally, great illness
Date: 1897
: severe epilepsy characterized by seizures which are initially tonic and then become clonic and by loss of consciousness ; also : a seizure characteristic of grand mal