Lexic.us

Definition of Epilepsia minor

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"

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"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epilepsia Minor

epilates epilating epilating wax epilation epilations epilator epilators epilatory epilayer epilayers

epilemma epilemmal ending epilepidoma epilepsia epilepsia major epilepsia minor (current term) epilepsia partialis continua epilepsies epilepsy epilepsy with grand mal seizures on awakening

epilepsy with myoclonic absences epileptic epileptic dementia epileptic seizure epileptical epileptically epileptick epileptics epileptiform epileptiform neuralgia

Literary usage of Epilepsia minor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Clinical Journal (1898)
"Before doing so it is necessary to delineate the epilepsia minor or petit mal, in which there is impairment or loss of consciousness, but no convulsions. ..."

2. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Frederick Taylor (1898)
"Epilepsy occurs in two well-marked forms, described as major and minor attacks—epilepsia major and epilepsia minor, or, in the terms of French writers, ..."

3. A Textbook of nervous diseases for students and practicing physicians: In by Robert Bing, Charles Lewis Allen (1921)
"("Petit mal,' Minor Epileptic Attacks epilepsia minor, Non-Convulsiva) At the side of the classical epileptic attack just sketched, to whose most striking ..."

4. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"The small epileptic attacks (epilepsia minor) are typical spells imperfectly developed. The patient suddenly loses consciousness and sinks to the ground; ..."

Other Resources: