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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


Synonymsabsence


Broader (hypernym)ictus, raptus, seizure


Narrower (hyponym)complex absence, pure absence, simple absence, subclinical absence


Part meronymepilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy









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