Synonyms for syncope

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sing-kuh-pee, sin-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋ kəˌpi, ˈsɪn-

Définition of syncope

Origin : c.1400, from Late Latin syncopen "contraction of a word," accusative of syncope, from Greek synkope, "contraction of a word," originally "a cutting off," from synkoptein "to cut up," from syn- "together, thoroughly" (see syn-) + koptein "to cut," from PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" (see hatchet). In pathology, "failure of the heart's action," hence "unconsciousness."

noun blackout

Example sentences :

In swoons and syncope, the soul no longer performs her ordinary functions.
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

Verbs which suffer a syncope in the Infinitive, suffer a like syncope in the Pret.
Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart

I must have lain several hours, partly in syncope, and partly asleep.
Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid

His breath fails him, and he seems relapsing into the syncope from which he has been aroused.
Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid

He died in a sort of syncope, seven hours after swallowing the tobacco.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

At last, however, the hæmorrhage stopped, under the state of syncope.
Extract from : « Archaeological Essays Vol. 2 » by James Y. Simpson

It is therefore not a Narcotic; but, like other Sedatives, it kills by syncope.
Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland

They were bled to syncope, which then meant usually to 32 ounces.
Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton

And as he went out of the gate he told Dad it was a syncope—I think.
Extract from : « Rewards and Fairies » by Rudyard Kipling

If the girl had fainted it was a pity, but what influence had he over her syncope?
Extract from : « Fern Vale (Volume 3) » by Colin Munro

Antonyms for syncope

consciousness

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