Generalized non-motor (absence) seizure Petit mal seizure SNOMEDCT_US:50866000 A generalized non-motor (absence) seizure is a type of a type of dialeptic seizure that is of electrographically generalized onset. It is a generalized seizure characterized by an interruption of activities, a blank stare, and usually the person will be unresponsive when spoken to. Any ictal motor phenomena are minor in comparison to these non-motor features. HP:0002121 Generalised non-motor seizure SNOMEDCT_US:432241000124101 SNOMEDCT_US:230413002 in 2017 the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology recommended classifying a seizure as having focal or generalized onset only when there is a high degree of confidence (over 80%, arbitrarily chosen to parallel the usual allowable beta error) in the accuracy of this determination; see Dialeptic seizure. Absence seizures Petit mal Petit mal seizures Absence seizure Brief seizures with staring spells UMLS:C0014553 SNOMEDCT_US:79631006 HP:0011148 HP:0007143 Generalised non-motor (absence) seizure Generalized-onset seizure Dialeptic seizure Non-motor seizure