Sinonim petit mal

English Thesaurus

1. a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching (noun.state)

hypernym	:	epileptic seizure,
definition	:	convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness (noun.state)

2. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	epilepsy,
definition	:	a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions (noun.state)

part holonym	:	absence, absence seizure,
definition	:	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 (noun.state)