An electroclinical syndrome characterized by the occurrence of generalized onset seizures that cause lapses in awareness, begin and end abruptly, typically last only a few seconds and are associated with abnormal spike-wave discharges as seen by electroencephalogram. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007645 url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3697883/ url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15800200 ]