National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Absence Epilepsy
Synonyms

Petit Mal Epilepsy

Absence Epilepsy

Definitions

Epilepsy characterized by very brief episodes of sudden cessation of activity, usually associated with eye blinking. There is no loss of the muscle tone.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3023

code

C3023

DEFINITION

Epilepsy characterized by very brief episodes of sudden cessation of activity, usually associated with eye blinking. There is no loss of the muscle tone.

FULL_SYN

Petit Mal Epilepsy

Absence Epilepsy

label

Absence Epilepsy

Legacy Concept Name

Petit_Mal_Epilepsy

Preferred_Name

Absence Epilepsy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C3023

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0014553

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3021

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