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absence seizure vs seizure

seizure vs absence seizure

absence seizure and seizure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
absence seizure Yes No No No
seizure Yes No No No
As nouns, seizure is a hypernym of absence seizure; that is, seizure is a word with a broader meaning than absence seizure:
  • 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
  • seizure: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
Other hypernyms of absence seizure include ictus, raptus.
absence seizure (noun) seizure (noun)
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 the taking possession of something by legal process
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
the act of taking of a person by force
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
Difference between absence seizure and seizure

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