pure_absence (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *pure absence*:
NOUN	state	pure absence, simple absence	an absence seizure without other complications

English > *pure absence*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	An absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes.
Synonym	simple absence
Broader	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.
Spanish	ausencia simple
Catalan	absència simple

HyperDic: pure_absence