epilepsia minor

Noun

Meaning

a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

eclampsia petit mal petit mal epilepsy

Hypernyms

epilepsy epileptic seizure

Examples

the girl was frightened by her first petit mal Source: Internet

she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

epilemmal epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsy epilepsy death epilepsy drug