It is a medical term that is used when a patient has an episode of "loss of time" or "zoning out" or "nonresponsive" or "a blank space in your day" or "mini strokes" or better medically described as "TIA" (transit ischemia attacks." But the patient is awake and functioning. It is a brain related thing. many causes.

You would not feel the earth shake with this. You just kind'a know that wasn't right. You may think "what happened?" or "what?" or "What did you say?" or "What was I doing" or "How long was I out for?"

http://www.healthblurbs.com/concussi...st-concussion/

physically, you just feel like you were out for a second and nobody but you knows.

http://www.google.com/search?source=...-p2g8&oq=trans

There's lots of info on this.

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