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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]

2. a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching;
- Example: "the girl was frightened by her first petit mal"
[syn: petit mal, epilepsia minor]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

petit mal
    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]
    2: a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary
       unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching; "the
       girl was frightened by her first petit mal" [syn: petit
       mal, epilepsia minor]