| 释义 |
‖ grand mal|grɑ̃ mal|
[Fr., = the great sickness.]
General convulsive epilepsy with loss of consciousness; epilepsis gravior. Sometimes artificially induced as part of electro-shock treatment. (Cf. petit mal.)
[1842J. Jackson Inquiry into Nature & Causes of Epilepsy 10 The peculiar giddiness or momentary state of half consciousness, to which epileptics are so liable, is indeed an imperfect seizure, and differs only in degree and duration from the state called catalepsy; it is termed by the French ‘vertige epileptique’ or ‘petit mal’, in contradistinction to the perfect seizure, or ‘grand mal’.] 1879Encycl. Brit. VIII. 479/2 There are two well-marked varieties of the epileptic seizure... To these the terms epilepsia gravior and epilepsia mitior, le grand mal and le petit mal, are usually applied. 1948Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. CVIII. 296 No patient was treated with petit mal seizures, and a grand mal response was achieved with each single treatment in each patient. 1960M. Spark Bachelors i. 10 The patient might learn to exercise some control during the petit-mal stage to stand him in good stead during the grand-mal convulsions. 1965J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment iv. 50 Electro-convulsive treatment..is still the most rapid and effective treatment. It consists of the passage of a brief alternating electric current across the anterior temporal regions of the head to induce a grand mal convulsion. |