PETIT MAL EPILEPSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petit mal epilepsy mean? 

• PETIT MAL EPILEPSY (noun)
  The noun PETIT MAL EPILEPSY has 1 sense:

1. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

  Familiarity information: PETIT MAL EPILEPSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETIT MAL EPILEPSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epilepsia minor; petit mal; petit mal epilepsy

Context example:

she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood

Hypernyms ("petit mal epilepsy" is a kind of...):

epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

Meronyms (parts of "petit mal epilepsy"):

absence; absence seizure (the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy)