noun
- Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking.
- synonyms: grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy
- A seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body.
- synonyms: grand mal, generalized seizure
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