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absence seizure

generalized seizure characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy
Class type of: epilepsy, electroclinical syndrome Q2346980

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
symptom, class of disease, symptom or sign[2][3]
Subclass of
epilepsy, electroclinical syndrome[4][5]
Health specialty
neurology[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Medicine[7]
Prevalence
+0.0003
🏷️ Also known as
en petit mal seizure en absent seizure en Epilepsy, Absence en petit mal en absence epilepsy en absence seizure ar نوبة صرعية مصحوبة بغيبة cs epileptické absence de Absencenepilepsie es petit mal es ausencias tipicas es ausencias típicas es crisis de ausencia fi Absence fi Absence-kohtaus fi Absence seizure fi Petit Mal-kohtaus fi Pieni kohtaus fi Poissaolokohtaus fr absence épileptique
🔖 Identifiers · 20
Library of Congress authority ID
sh87006114
OpenAlex ID
C3017755710
Disease Ontology ID
DOID:0070309
DiseasesDB
32994
EMedicine ID
1183858
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org, purl.obolibrary.org, identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/020cs5
ICD-10 ID
G40.3
ICD-9 ID
345.0
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
absence-epilepsy
MeSH descriptor ID
D004832
MeSH tree code
C10.228.140.490.375.260, C10.228.140.490.493.125
Show all 20 identifiers +8
MedlinePlus ID
000696
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007532049605171
Store medisinske leksikon ID
absenser_-_epilepsi
Symptom Ontology ID
0000265
Vikidia article ID
es:Crisis_de_ausencia
WikiProjectMed ID
Absence seizure
WordLift URL
data.medicalrecords.com
Yale LUX ID
concept/2966943f-bf66-45eb-baa5-87d6dca05e74

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
symptom, symptom or sign
Subclass of 2
disease, epilepsy
Subtypes 2
atonic seizure, childhood absence epilepsy
Health specialty 1
neurology
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Medicine
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Summary

absence seizure is a symptom[1].

Related Entities

disease neurology

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → epilepsy, electroclinical syndrome
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → neurology
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → epilepsy, electroclinical syndrome
    Instance of → symptom, class of disease, symptom or sign
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007532049605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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