大だい発ほっ作さ

noun

grand mal seizure; tonic-clonic seizure

Medical term for a major epileptic seizure involving loss of consciousness and convulsions. Contrasts with 小発作 (petit mal seizure).

See also: 小発作

• 彼かれは大だい発ほっ作さを起おこして倒たおれた。

  He collapsed from a grand mal seizure.