grand mal
большой эпилептический припадок
A type of epilepsy where seizures are characterized as severe and involving spasms and…A type of epilepsy where seizures are characterized as severe and involving spasms and unconsciousness.
/ˌɡɹɒnˈmæl/
Meaning
1 senses(proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)A type of epilepsy where seizures are characterized as severe and involving spasms and unconsciousness.
большо́й эпилепти́ческий припа́докbolʹšój epileptíčeskij pripádok
More definitions
- a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
- epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
form of epilepsy:
Origin
Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”).
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Synonyms
5 synonymstonic-clonic
Close in meaning
- a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body:generalized seizureepilepsia major
- epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking:grand mal epilepsygeneralized epilepsyepilepsia major
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable