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Noun: generalised epilepsy
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: generalized epilepsy)
  1. Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
    "The patient was diagnosed with generalised epilepsy after experiencing a severe seizure";
    - grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, generalized epilepsy, epilepsia major

Type of: epilepsy

Encyclopedia: Generalised epilepsy