PURE ABSENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pure absence mean? 

• PURE ABSENCE (noun)
  The noun PURE ABSENCE has 1 sense:

1. an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes

  Familiarity information: PURE ABSENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURE ABSENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pure absence; simple absence

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)