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Instead, they are absence seizures, formerly known as petit mal seizures.

Prior to 2018, Tognetti said, she heavily and regularly battled both grand mal and petit mal seizures, with the latter about 20 seconds in duration.

Now she was having “petit mal” seizures almost every day, causing brief interruptions in her awareness of her surroundings.

Delanie is a good student, but she does not retain information in class during times when she has petit mal seizures, which happen several times a day.

All through his childhood, Tom had "humdinger tantrums that Mum now, knowing more, thinks were small fits: petit mal seizures".