SUBCLINICAL ABSENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclinical absence mean? 

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

1. a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLINICAL ABSENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subclinical 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)