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loss of consciousness

n. the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond

Usage examples of "loss of consciousness".

Then to my misery I remembered the man, being seized from behind, not able even to see him, my struggles, being held so helplessly, the cloth over my mouth and nose, his waiting for me to breathe, at last my gasping helplessly for breath, the terrible fumes, nothing else to breathe, nothing else, which could not be tolerated by consciousness, nothing else to breathe, and then my loss of consciousness.

Tyrathect remembered the loss of consciousness right when the radios began working.

And now he saw the first gray spots that signaled the impending loss of consciousness.

And as the darkness and the coldness rose up to envelop me-it was nothing but the loss of consciousness-I realized that I had begun to fall.

And as the darkness and the coldness rose up to envelop me - it was nothing but the loss of consciousness - I realized that I had begun to fall.

The dose was only partially effective in preventing shock and loss of consciousness, so the proceedings were terminated after flaying the right leg, as you will see.

We learned interesting little facts from him-for example, an inch or two of the tip of a knife high enough in the diaphragm, just under the breast bone, will cause an instantaneous loss of consciousness, whereas the whole blade into the chest or belly will give them time to bellow.

His tumble down the tower chute after escaping the fire threads and the creepers had ended in his loss of consciousness and ultimate imprisonment.

Technically they'll be of the hysterical, aggressive variety concluding in a more or less complete loss of consciousness.

Technically theyll be of the hysterical, aggressive variety concluding in a more or less complete loss of consciousness.

It produces complete paralysis, but not loss of consciousness, sensation, circulation, or respiration until the end approaches.

Any attempt on Druss's part to move would bring colossal agony and a subsequent loss of consciousness.