absence seizure

1. 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

   Synonymsabsence

   Broaderseizure

   Narrowercomplex absencepure absencesubclinical absence

   Part ofpetit mal epilepsy

Questions about absence seizure

What does absence seizure mean?

absence seizure means "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".

What is another word for absence seizure?

Close synonyms include absence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absence seizure a common word?

absence seizure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.