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Definition of petit mal noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

petit mal

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˌpɛt̮i ˈmɑl//
 
[uncountable]
 
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a form of epilepsy that is not very serious, in which someone becomes unconscious only for very short periods
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