The seizure seen in absence epilepsy, consisting of a sudden momentary break in consciousness of thought or activity, often accompanied by automatisms or clonic movements, especially of the eyelids.
Generalized seizure that manifests in a form of a brief episode of impairment of consciousness with or without accompanying motor phenomena such as clonic-tonic components, automatisms, or autonomic components.
Also applicable to/known as
Absences:
atonic
typical
Minor epilepsy
Petit mal
Pykno-epilepsy
Seizures:
akinetic
atonic
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 345.0
Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
epileptic (atonic) (typical) (see also Epilepsy) 345.0