Noun: epilepsia major
- Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
"The patient was diagnosed with epilepsia major after experiencing a severe seizure";
- grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, generalised epilepsy [Brit]
- A seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
"The patient experienced an epilepsia major that lasted for several minutes";
- grand mal, generalized seizure, generalised seizure [Brit]
Type of: epilepsy, epileptic seizure