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Meanings of petit mal in English

Epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)

Usage of petit mal in English
1
If it was petit mal, it would stop on its own.
Under the dome: a novel
2
This could have been a petit mal symptom, but Rusty just didn't believe it.
Under the dome: a novel
3
Just be grateful it was only petit mal.
Under the dome: a novel
4
But are his symptoms consistent with the form of epilepsy known as petit mal, Sir Henry?
The Shrieking Pit
5
My orgasms were not petit mal but repeated births, a re-creation of myself every time I came.
Faefever
6
The minor attack or petit mal.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
7
And if it is merely an attack of petit mal, why is he so long in recovering consciousness?
The Shrieking Pit
8
What would a man's condition of mind be if, during an attack of petit mal, he committed an act of violence, say murder, for example?
The Shrieking Pit
9
By then I had given up playing and was coaching at Bristol, but was still having between 20 and 30 seizures ( petit mal) a month.
The Guardian
10
"How long do the after effects last-ofan attack of petit mal, I mean."
The Shrieking Pit
11
"That is quite consistent with an attack of petit mal."
The Shrieking Pit
12
"Does not recollection return completely in attacks of petit mal?"
The Shrieking Pit
13
"How often do these attacks of petit mal occur?"
The Shrieking Pit
14
"The lesser form-petitmal, in my opinion."
The Shrieking Pit
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