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complex absence

DEFINITIONS OF: complex absence

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n an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes)

Type 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
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