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    [Noun]  | "grand mal" | \ ˈgrän(d)-ˌmäl \


    1: severe epilepsy characterized by seizures in which there is an abrupt loss of consciousness with initially prolonged tonic muscle contractions followed by clonic muscle spasms

    2: a seizure marked by abrupt loss of consciousness with initially prolonged tonic muscle contractions followed by clonic muscle spasms


    Origin: 1833 ;

     French, literally, great illness;

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     [ "grand mal" ]

    1: Epilepsy characterized by loss of consciousness, frothing at the mouth, etc. See also epilepsy or petit mal.

      * e.g.,  ... "Kris has grand mal, we hope he gets better." 

     [ "grand mal tweetstorm" ]

    1: A series of viscerally reactive tweets usually comprised of thoughtless hate speech and disparagement of another.

      * e.g.,  ... There he goes again finding ways to be heard as he attempts to re-route the attention of the masses with his pitiable forte, the grand mal tweetstorm. 

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