petit mal

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Contents

1 English
2 Danish
3 French
- 3.1 Pronunciation
- 3.2 Noun

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French petit mal (literally “little illness”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛti ˈmal/

Noun[edit]

petit mal (uncountable)

(medicine) A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.

Translations[edit]

form of epilepsy

Catalan: petit mal (ca) m
Danish: petit mal n, absence (da) c

Finnish: pieni kohtaus

See also[edit]

Contrast grand mal seizures.

Anagrams[edit]

malpitte

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French petit mal.

Noun[edit]

petit mal n

(medicine) petit mal

Synonyms[edit]

absence

References[edit]

“petit mal” in Den Danske Ordbog

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /pə.ti.mal/

Noun[edit]

petit mal m (uncountable)

(medicine) petit mal

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