Grand mal
Grand mal noun - Epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking.
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Jacksonian epilepsy and grand mal are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Jacksonian epilepsy" with "Grand mal", this phrases are similar.
Jacksonian epilepsy
Jacksonian epilepsy noun - Focal epilepsy in which the attack usually moves from distal to proximal limb muscles on the same side of the body.
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Synonyms for Jacksonian epilepsy
Grand mal and Jacksonian epilepsy are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Grand mal" with "Jacksonian epilepsy", this phrases are similar.
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