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Definition of Petit mal

Petit mal
Petit mal Pe*tit" mal" [F., lit., little sickness.] (Med.) The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions; -- opposed to grand mal.

Meaning of Petit mal from wikipedia

- "extremely frequent" or "grouped". These seizures are sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures (from the French for "little illness", a term dated to the late...
- Petit Mal is a 2022 Colombian drama film written, directed, co-produced and co-edited by Ruth Caudeli. It stars Caudeli, Silvia Varón and Ana María Otálora...
- PMID 3144596. Coulter DA, Huguenard JR, Prince DA (March 1989). "Specific petit mal anticonvulsants reduce calcium currents in thalamic neurons". Neuroscience...
- organized pattern that could be confused with a discharge of the petit mal or petit mal variant type". In most cases of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia...
- main causes of thought blocking are schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, petit mal seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, bradyphrenia, aphasia, dementia...
- EEG pattern seen particularly during absence epilepsy, also known as ‘petit mal’ epilepsy. The basic mechanisms underlying these patterns are complex...
- produce convulsions. For example, in an absence seizure, also known as a petit mal seizure, the brain experiences electrical disturbances but the body remains...
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), also known as Janz syndrome or impulsive petit mal, is a form of hereditary, idiopathic generalized epilepsy, representing...
- From these symptoms, a physician diagnosed the 5-year-old Bianchi with petit mal seizures. He was also frequently given physical examinations by doctors...
- These research workers recorded EEG changes resembling petit mal or the clonic phase of a grand mal seizure. Further studies in this direction were carried...