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syncope
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon. 2 (context prosody phonology English) The absence of a sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Syncope may refer to one of the following: Syncope (medicine) , also known as fainting Syncope (phonology) , the loss of one or more sounds, particularly an unstressed vowel, from the interior of a word Syncopation , a musical effect caused by off-beat ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds or letters," from Latin syncope "contraction of a word by elision," from Greek synkope "contraction of a word," originally "a cutting off, cutting up, cutting short," from synkoptein "to cut up," ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syncope \Syn"co*pe\, n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. ? a cutting up, a syncope; akin to ? to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + ? to strike, cut.] (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of ...
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.