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absence
/'æbsəns/
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  1. 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

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    absence seizure
  2. noun
    failure to be present
    Opposite:
    presence
    type of:
    nonattendance
  3. noun
    the state of being absent
    "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
    Opposite:
    presence
    type of:
    want deficiency lack
  4. noun
    the time interval during which something or somebody is away
    "he visited during my absence"
Definition that contains absence
  • dark absence of moral or spiritual values
  • dark absence of light or illumination
  • darkness absence of light or illumination
  • darkness absence of moral or spiritual values
  • simplicity absence of affectation or pretense
  • wickedness absence of moral or spiritual values
  • depigmentation absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair
  • asystole absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
  • anosmia absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)
  • analgesia absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
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