absence seizure
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | ictus, raptus, seizure, |
| definition | : | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | complex absence, |
| definition | : | an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pure absence, simple absence, |
| definition | : | an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | subclinical absence, |
| definition | : | a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes (noun.state) |
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