ˈgran|mäl, -raam-, -rän-, -mal, -mȧl, F gräⁿmȧl noun
Etymology: French, literally, great illness
: epilepsy due to an inborn usually inherited dysrhythmia of the electrical pulsations of the brain as demonstrated by the electroencephalogram and characterized by attacks of violent convulsions, coma, constitutional disturbances, and usually amnesia — compare petit mal