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A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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syncope
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In phonology , syncope (; Greek: syn- + koptein "to strike, cut off") is the loss of one or more sounds from the interior of a word, especially the loss of an unstressed vowel. It is found both in synchronic analysis of languages and diachronics . Its opposite, ...
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n. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint , swoon , deliquium ] (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncopation ]
Usage examples of syncope.
Fatal hemorrhage had been avoided in this case by the formation of coagulum in the wound during the syncope immediately following the stab, possibly aided by extended exposure to cold.
Odorous substances have occasioned syncope, stupor, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes death.
Excellent in cases of sudden syncope or fainting, such as sometimes require the opening of windows, the dashing on of cold water, the cutting of stays, perhaps, with a scene of more or less tumultuous perturbation and afflux of clamorous womanhood.
Excellent in cases of sudden syncope or fainting, such as sometimes require the opening of windows, the dashing on of cold water, the cutting of stays, perhaps, with a scene of more or less tumultuous perturbation and afflux of clamorous womanhood.