grand mal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grand mal
1875–80; < French: great ailment, epilepsy
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Brooke Shields revealed that she had a grand mal seizure in September, just days before the debut of her cabaret show in New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Rosales suffers from grand mal seizures; her mother has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
At first, the neuropsychiatrist was "jarred" by the sight of a grand mal seizure.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
And they can change from absence seizures to tonic-clonic or grand mal seizures, as this young woman’s had.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
The loss of consciousness with severe convulsive seizures was known as grand mal, the transient loss of consciousness without convulsive seizures was called petit mal.
From The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
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