PETIT MAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
   Synonym(s)
   • epilepsia minor (what does epilepsia minor mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) petit mal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • epileptic seizure (what does epileptic seizure mean?)