PURE ABSENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pure absence; simple absence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pure absence" is a kind of...):

absence; absence seizure (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)

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