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Meanings of absence seizure in English

Russian
абсанс
Portuguese
crise de ausência
Spanish
crisis de ausencia
Catalan
crisi d'absència

Generalized seizure characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy.

Related terms
абсанс
Portuguese
ausência
Catalan
absència epilèptica
Spanish
ausencia

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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ausência
Usage of absence seizure in English
1
The longest absence seizure, however, lasted less than a minute.
Breathless
2
Absence seizures, in epileptics, weren't accompanied by abnormal movements.
Breathless
3
Background: Childhood absence epilepsy is a common generalized epilepsy syndrome characterized by childhood onset of frequent sporadic absence seizures.
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4
She had a dim recollection that certain exotic fungi-notmore common varieties like coccidioides-couldhave brain effects that included absence seizures and hallucinations.
Breathless
5
Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of long-term lamotrigine (LTG) monotherapy in Japanese and South Korean pediatric patients with newly diagnosed typical absence seizures.
Pubmed