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单词 grand mal
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Definition of grand mal in English:

grand mal

noun ɡrɒ̃ ˈmal
mass noun
  • 1A serious form of epilepsy with muscle spasms and prolonged loss of consciousness.

    Compare with petit mal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mysoline is used to treat grand mal, complex partial and focal seizures.
    • At age 2 he had been diagnosed with grand mal epilepsy, which was controlled by medication.
    • In this kind of epilepsy, also known as grand mal epilepsy, nerve cells in both sides of the brain become overactive at the same time. Seizures usually last for about five minutes, and can be alarming.
    • A person having a grand mal seizure usually loses consciousness (blacks out) and falls down.
    • He reassured her that she would not develop the type of epilepsy called grand mal in which people lose conscious-ness.
    • Epilepsy is called grand mal (major illness) or petit mal also called absence attacks.
    1. 1.1count noun A grand mal epileptic fit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A friend from high school was diagnosed with epilepsy after having a grand mal seizure in a swimming pool when she was 12.
      • And unless I actually have a grand mal, it's hard for so many people to understand exactly what epilepsy is.
      • Without warning she experienced a grand mal seizure followed by a profound behavioural change categorised as symptomatic of mania.
      • She suffered from the most serious type of fitting - or grand mal - and they always struck at night while she slept.
      • Seven days after admission he had several grand mal seizures.
      • Later that month, she had four grand mal seizures and was taken to the emergency department at the hospital.
      • They are also called grand mal or major motor seizures.
      • Seizures - typically grand mal - may occur but are not always preceded by other symptoms.
      • After arriving in the building, I apparently had another grand mal in the lobby, though again, I don't remember, just the tell-tale signs of people staring.
      • I later heard someone in the game room had a grand mal seizure.
      • On 4th March, she had a grand mal epileptic fit lasting 3 ½ to 4 minutes, followed by another fit lasting 5 to 6 minutes and a third fit lasting 20 minutes.
      • Early in January 1844, Flaubert experienced his first grand mal seizure.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, literally 'great sickness'.

Rhymes

Al, bacchanal, cabal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, sal, shall, Val
 
 

Definition of grand mal in US English:

grand mal

noun
  • 1A serious form of epilepsy with muscle spasms and prolonged loss of consciousness.

    Compare with petit mal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reassured her that she would not develop the type of epilepsy called grand mal in which people lose conscious-ness.
    • At age 2 he had been diagnosed with grand mal epilepsy, which was controlled by medication.
    • Mysoline is used to treat grand mal, complex partial and focal seizures.
    • A person having a grand mal seizure usually loses consciousness (blacks out) and falls down.
    • In this kind of epilepsy, also known as grand mal epilepsy, nerve cells in both sides of the brain become overactive at the same time. Seizures usually last for about five minutes, and can be alarming.
    • Epilepsy is called grand mal (major illness) or petit mal also called absence attacks.
    1. 1.1 A grand mal epileptic fit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Later that month, she had four grand mal seizures and was taken to the emergency department at the hospital.
      • Without warning she experienced a grand mal seizure followed by a profound behavioural change categorised as symptomatic of mania.
      • Seizures - typically grand mal - may occur but are not always preceded by other symptoms.
      • She suffered from the most serious type of fitting - or grand mal - and they always struck at night while she slept.
      • They are also called grand mal or major motor seizures.
      • Seven days after admission he had several grand mal seizures.
      • I later heard someone in the game room had a grand mal seizure.
      • After arriving in the building, I apparently had another grand mal in the lobby, though again, I don't remember, just the tell-tale signs of people staring.
      • A friend from high school was diagnosed with epilepsy after having a grand mal seizure in a swimming pool when she was 12.
      • On 4th March, she had a grand mal epileptic fit lasting 3 ½ to 4 minutes, followed by another fit lasting 5 to 6 minutes and a third fit lasting 20 minutes.
      • Early in January 1844, Flaubert experienced his first grand mal seizure.
      • And unless I actually have a grand mal, it's hard for so many people to understand exactly what epilepsy is.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, literally ‘great sickness’.

 
 
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