grand mal

English Thesaurus

1. a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body (noun.state)

hypernym	:	epileptic seizure,
definition	:	convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness (noun.state)

2. epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking (noun.state)

hypernym	:	epilepsy,
definition	:	a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions (noun.state)