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
After a number of attacks of petit mal, grand mal usually supervenes, and most epileptics suffer from attacks of both types.
From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs
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