Look up: syncope

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   Syncope
   See elision.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   syncope
   [n] - (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo`c`sle` for `forecastle`)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Syncope
   Strictly means a faint or swoon. Syncope has been given as a primary cause of death, but this would be contradictory, as a faint is something that a person will recover from and pretty quickly too. - However, it is also used to mean any sudden loss of consciousness. Here, it is a description of a mode of death rather than a cause of death or diagno ...
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   Syncope
   A simple faint or temporary and very brief loss of consciousness.
   Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit
   
   
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   Syncope
   A faint flow.
   Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA
   
   
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   Syncope
   Syncope: Partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and ones surroundings. When the loss of consciousness is temporary and there is spontaneous recovery, it is referred to as syncope or, in nonmedical quarters, fainting. Syncope accounts for one in every 30 visits to an emergency room. It is pronounced sin-k ...
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   Syncope
   Syn'co·pe noun [ Latin syncope , syncopa , Greek ... a cutting up, a syncope; akin to ... to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + ... to strike, cut.] 1. (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never , ev'ry for every . 2. (Mus. ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/265
   
   
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   syncope
   <clinical sign> A temporary suspension of consciousness due to generalised cerebral ischaemia, a faint or swoon. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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   syncope
   noun (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo`c`sle` for `forecastle`)
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
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    Syncope
    In phonetics, `syncope` (Greek `syn-` + `kopein` `to strike`) is the loss of one or more sounds from the interior of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncope
    
    
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    syncope
    (sing´kә-pe) faint. adj. syn´copal, syncop´ic., adj.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Syncope
    • (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension. • (n.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting. • (n.) Same as Syncopation. • (n.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne`er for never, ev`ry for every.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    syncope
    effect of temporary impairment of blood circulation to a part of the body. The term is most often used as a synonym for fainting, which is caused by ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200
    
    
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    syncope
    a temporary suspension of consciousness due to generalized cerebral schemia, a faint or swoon.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/
    
    
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    syncope
    syncope Related-word units meaning same: auto-; equ-; homeo-; homo-; iso-; pari-; peer-; tauto-.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
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    syncope
    Loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished cerebral blood flow. [G. synkop, a cutting short, a swoon]
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    syncope
    the elision of an unstressed syllable so as to keep to a strict accentual-syllabic metre. This can be managed by dropping either a consonant ('ever' to 'e'er') or a vowel ('the apple' to 'th'apple').
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r