GRAND MAL


Meaning of GRAND MAL in English

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

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