grand mal
n : epilepsy due to an inborn usu. inherited dysrhythmia of the electrical pulsations of the brain as demonstrated by an electroencephalogram and characterized by attacks of violent convulsions, coma, constitutional disturbances, and usu. amnesia - compare PETIT MAL .
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