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Petit mal
Petit mal A mild seizure with a momentary loss of consciousness.
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Seizure
Convulsions caused sometimes by a fever or by another serious condition such as epilepsy.
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Petit mal seizure
An epileptic seizure characterized by lapse of attention and awareness, and failure of subsequent recall, but without convulsing and unconsciousness.
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