petit mal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
she has been suffering from petit mal since childhood
Types & categories
- epilepsy hypernym
Parts & wholes
- absence seizure part meronym
Sense 2 noun
a seizure of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
the girl was frightened by her first petit mal
Types & categories
- epileptic seizure hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | absence seizure |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | epilepsy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | epileptic seizure |