Examples of 'petit mal' in a sentence

Meaning of "petit mal"

petit mal: a type of seizure characterized by a brief loss of awareness, often more subtle and less dramatic than other types of seizures
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  • A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.

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Petit mal seizures present in different ways.
The medics say he had a petit mal seizure.
Petit mal epilepsy.
It seemed like a petit mal seizure.
Petit mal seizures do not cause convulsions but the dog may lose consciousness.
We are not sure if petit mal seizures really occur in pets.
First there is little movement during a petit mal seizure.
Complex partial seizures and petit mal seizures are often confused because they are quite similar.
The best results to date have been seen in petit mal in children.
Petit mal seizures do not result in convulsions, but the animal loses consciousness.
The theory is I have had these petit mal seizures my whole life.
There are various types of epilepsy, the main ones being grand mal, petit mal and.
She started having petit mal seizures at 3.
And the needle 's position would have very likely prompted petit mal seizures.
It seemed like a petit mal seizure. I will need to report what I saw.

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I have epilepsy, both gran mal and petit mal seizures.
Absence seizure - also known as petit mal - involves a brief, sudden lapse of consciousness.
Near the same time, his mother witnessed petit mal seizures.
Loss of consciousness, epilepsy, petit mal epilepsy, convulsion, facial palsy, polyneuropathy, areflexia.
These seizures usually last for less than 20 seconds and are also termed petit mal seizures.
Anticonvulsant, antiepileptic, petit mal or grand mal seizures.
O Central and peripheral nervous system disorders, epileptic absence and petit mal ( 1 ).
Recovering . The medics say he had a petit mal seizure.
What are you talking about? It seemed like a petit mal seizure.

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