pure absence

1. 1.

   an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes

   Synonymssimple absence

   Broaderabsence

Questions about pure absence

What does pure absence mean?

pure absence means "an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes".

What is another word for pure absence?

Close synonyms include simple 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 pure absence a common word?

pure absence 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.