NOUN
- epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
- a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
How To Use grand mal In A Sentence
- She has complex partial seizures as opposed to grand mal.
- I could recognize that this is the emotional state I feel before I have those grand mal convulsive seizures that are what people think of when they think of epilepsy, but I don't.
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- If the possibility of grand mal seizure is high, the patient will also be sedated with chlordiazepoxide Librium, a tranquilizer, until the withdrawal symptoms subside. Alcohol and The Addictive Brain
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