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syncope

[ US /ˈsɪnkəˌpi/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪnkə‍ʊp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
  2. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

How To Use syncope In A Sentence

  • Death, he said, was the result of "syncope," or a dramatic drop in blood pressure. Portrait of a Killer
  • GAINING A NEW PERSEPECTIVE — MICHAEL WESTON (‘THE LAST KISS’) GUEST STARS — When J.D. (Zach Braff) develops vasovagal syncope, a condition which results in fainting or blackouts, he finds himself not only having to deal with losing his girlfriend and his apartment, but also his consciousness. NBC SWEETENS FEBRUARY WITH 28 DAYS OF COMEDY, DRAMA, GAMESMANSHIP, VALENTINES — AND AN ARRAY OF GUEST STARS | the TV addict
  • In the eighth round, she faced syncope, which means a faint or swoon.
  • Typical indications for paediatric electrocardiography include syncope, exertional symptoms, tachyarrhythmias, bradyarrhythmias, and drug ingestion.
  • So from a form like Mid IE *maxéd̰a- 'to rejoice', we can simply proceed as I had explained in my previous post which relies on a certain phonotactic-based rule I'm now hypothesizing during the Pre-IE event of Syncope that changes initial sequences of expected **CHe- (C = continuant, H = laryngeal) to *Cä- instead (MIE *maxéd̰a- 'to be rejoiceful' eLIE *mäd̰- PIE *mad- 'to be drunk'). Drinking in more of the drunk-joy connection
  • Cardiac arrhythmias or syncope clearly associated with a fall should be treated with antiarrhythmics or a pacemaker in consultation with a cardiologist.
  • Cardiac syncope often causes immediate loss of consciousness, tonic stiffening of body and limbs, and often myoclonic jerking.
  • In early Late IE, I've already felt the need to propose an extra low-front vowel *ä that arises just before Syncope due to a deletion of some pretonic laryngeals e.g. late MIE *mᵊxéd̰ᵊ- early Late IE *mäd̰- PIE *mad- "to be moist, to be drunk". How long was the contact between Pre-IE and Proto-Semitic?
  • I feel that parśu- is probably a later innovation, either because of a tendency to make it look more 'Indic', or as the above mentioned syncope. Battling the Indo-European axe
  • Common syncope, I think," the doctor said, putting his instruments back into his case. A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES
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