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grand mal

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grand mal
a form of epilepsy characterized by loss of consciousness for up to five minutes and violent convulsions
grand mal [′gran ¦mäl]
(medicine)
A complete epileptic seizure involving sudden loss of consciousness and tonic convulsion of the skeletal musculature followed by clonic muscular spasms.
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