petit mal

petit mal
A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.

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  • Petit mal — Pe*tit mal [F., lit., little sickness.] (Med.) The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions; opposed to {grand mal}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • petit mal — ► NOUN ▪ a mild form of epilepsy with only momentary spells of unconsciousness. Compare with GRAND MAL(Cf. ↑grand mal). ORIGIN French, little sickness …   English terms dictionary

  • petit mal — [pə tē΄ mäl′, pə tēmal′] n. [Fr, lit., small ailment] a type of epilepsy in which there are attacks of momentary unconsciousness without convulsions: distinguished from GRAND MAL …   English World dictionary

  • Petit mal — Petit mạl [petị ; aus gleichbed. frz. petit mal (eigtl. = kleines Übel)] s; : kleiner epileptischer Anfall, kurzzeitige Trübung des Bewußtseins ohne eigentliche Krämpfe …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • petit mal — [ˌpeti ˈmæl] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: small illness ] medical a form of ↑epilepsy which is not very serious →↑grand mal …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Petit mal — (frz.), s. Epilepsie, S. 867 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Petit mal — (frz., spr. p ti mall), eine leichtere Form der Epilepsie, ohne Krämpfe …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Petit mal — ● Petit mal forme d épilepsie généralisée, qui groupe en particulier les absences, les crises myocloniques et les crises akinétiques …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Petit Mal — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 G40. Epilepsie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Petit mal — A form of epilepsy with very brief, unannounced lapses in consciousness. A Petit mal seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching. Petit mal seizures have a very characteristic appearance on… …   Medical dictionary

  • Petit Mal — (kleiner) epileptischer Anfall * * * Petit Mal   [pti mal; französisch »kleines Übel«] das, , kleiner Krampfanfall bei Epilepsie. (Absence) * * * Pe|tit Mal [pəti mal], das; [frz. petit mal, eigtl. = kleines Übel] (Med. früher): kleiner… …   Universal-Lexikon

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