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    EPILEPSIA MINOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitchingplay

    Example:

    the girl was frightened by her first petit mal

    Synonyms:

    epilepsia minor; petit mal

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("epilepsia minor" is a kind of...):

    epileptic seizure (convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Example:

    she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood

    Synonyms:

    epilepsia minor; petit mal; petit mal epilepsy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("epilepsia minor" is a kind of...):

    epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)

    Meronyms (parts of "epilepsia minor"):

    absence; absence seizure (the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy)

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