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