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mal (mahl)   French word meaning disease.
 

grand mal (grahn)   grand mal epilepsy.

mal de Meleda (dә mel´ә-dah) [Fr. “Meleda sickness”]   a rare, chronic, autosomal recessive form of diffuse palmoplantar keratoderma in which the hyperkeratosis spreads to involve the backs of the hands and feet, as well as other areas of the body. It is characterized by erythematous, scaling, malodorous cutaneous lesions and sometimes deep fissuring. Called also Meleda disease.

mal de mer (dә mār´)   seasickness.

petit mal (pә-te´)   absence epilepsy.





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