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subclinical absence

DEFINITIONS OF: subclinical absence

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

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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