English noun: absence seizure | |||
1. | absence seizure (state) the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | ||
Synonyms | absence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ictus, raptus, seizure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | complex absence, pure absence, simple absence, subclinical absence | ||
Part meronym | epilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy | ||