ictus vs absence seizure

ictus and absence seizure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ictus	Yes	No	No	No
absence seizure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absence seizure is a hyponym of ictus; that is, absence seizure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ictus:

ictus: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
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

Other hyponyms of ictus include convulsion, focal seizure, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence.

ictus (noun)	absence seizure (noun)
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease	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

ictus vs absence seizure

ictus and absence seizure both are nouns.

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