petit mal
noun/ˌpeti ˈmæl/
/ˌpeti ˈmæl/
[uncountable] (from French, medical)- a form of epilepsy that is not very serious, in which somebody becomes unconscious only for very short periods compare grand malWord Originlate 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘little sickness’.
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