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

1 sense of pure absence

Sense 1
pure absence, simple absence -- (an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes)
       => 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)