Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun absence_seizure

1 sense of absence seizure

Sense 1
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)
       => seizure, ictus, raptus -- (a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure")