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grand mal

noun

NAmE//ˌɡrɑn ˈmɑl//

, NAmE//ˌɡrænˈmɑl//

[uncountable] (from French) (medical)

a serious form of epilepsy in which someone becomes unconscious for fairly long periods compare petit mal

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