petit mal
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1. a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching (noun.state)
hypernym | : | epileptic seizure, |
definition | : | convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness (noun.state) |
2. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities) (noun.state)
hypernym | : | epilepsy, |
definition | : | a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions (noun.state) |
part holonym | : | absence, absence seizure, |
definition | : | the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy (noun.state) |
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