petit mal

短语

[医] 小发作(癫痫)

发音

UK /ˌpɛti ˈmal/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.

    不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

epilepsy

部分词 2

absence absence seizure

词源

Borrowed from French petit mal (literally “little illness”).

来源：wiktionary