NOUN
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a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
the girl was frightened by her first petit mal -
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood
How To Use petit mal In A Sentence
- she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood
- Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of electropuncture on epileptic petit mal and its underlying mechanism.
- His father develops depression and petit mal seizures, his mother takes up ballroom dancing; one vegetates on a locked ward while the other bespangles taffeta with sequins.
- the girl was frightened by her first petit mal
- She has been suffering from petit mal since childhood.