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Noun: petit mal epilepsy
  1. Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
    "she has been suffering from petit mal epilepsy since childhood";
    - petit mal, epilepsia minor

Type of: epilepsy

Encyclopedia: Petit mal epilepsy