Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petit_mal_epilepsy

1 sense of petit mal epilepsy

Sense 1
petit mal epilepsy, petit mal, epilepsia minor -- (epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities); "she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood")
       => epilepsy -- (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)