Noun: generalized epilepsy
- Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
"The patient was diagnosed with generalized epilepsy after experiencing a severe seizure";
- grand mal epilepsy, grand mal, epilepsia major, generalised epilepsy [Brit]
Type of: epilepsy
Encyclopedia: Generalized epilepsy