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grand mal

[gran mahl, -mal, grand, grahn mal]

noun

Pathology.
  1. epilepsy



grand mal

/ ɡrɒn mæl, ɡrɑ̃ mal /

noun

  1. a form of epilepsy characterized by loss of consciousness for up to five minutes and violent convulsions Compare petit mal

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grand mal1

1875–80; < French: great ailment, epilepsy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of grand mal1

French: great illness
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But I am also stuck on Victoria’s dependency on lorazepam and her mention of grand mal seizures.

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Drug interactions resulted in two seizures, including a grand mal seizure.

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Brooke Shields reveals that she had a grand mal seizure in September — and that Bradley Cooper was by her side as she was taken to the hospital.

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Brooke Shields revealed that she had a grand mal seizure in September, just days before the debut of her cabaret show in New York City.

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Rosales suffers from grand mal seizures; her mother has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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