syncope

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a temporary loss of consciousness from low blood flow; also the omission of a syllable

   The patient's syncope was traced to a sudden drop in blood pressure.

From Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek synkopē ('a cutting off, a swoon'), from synkoptein ('to cut up, strike together'), from syn- ('together') + koptein ('to cut, strike').

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