Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities);
- Example: "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood"[syn: petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
petit mal epilepsy
n 1: epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief
clouding of consciousness (and possibly other
abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal
since childhood" [syn: petit mal epilepsy, petit mal,
epilepsia minor]