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Definition of grand mal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grand mal

noun
 
/ˌɡrɒ̃ ˈmæl/
 
/ˌɡræn ˈmɑːl/,
 
/ˌɡræn ˈmæl/
[uncountable] (from French, medical)
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  1. a serious form of epilepsy in which somebody becomes unconscious for fairly long periods compare petit mal
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘great sickness’.
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