syncope

[ sing-kuh-pee, sin- ]
/ ˈsɪŋ kəˌpi, ˈsɪn- /

noun

Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
Pathology. brief loss of consciousness associated with transient cerebral anemia, as in heart block, sudden lowering of the blood pressure, etc.; fainting.

Origin of syncope

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin syncopē < Greek synkopḗ a cutting short, equivalent to syn- syn- + kop- (stem of kóptein to cut) + -ē feminine noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM syncope

syn·cop·ic [sin-kop-ik] /sɪnˈkɒp ɪk/, syn·co·pal, adjective

Words nearby syncope

syncom, syncopal, syncopate, syncopated, syncopation, syncope, syncopic, syncretism, syncretize, syncrisis, syncytial knot

Example sentences from the Web for syncopal

  • The same vasomotor instability which shows itself in the tendency to syncopal attacks is apparent in many other ways.

    The Nervous Child |Hector Charles Cameron

  • Convulsions alternate with syncopal attacks, and the patients suffer intense pain.

    The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) |Francis Aidan Gasquet

British Dictionary definitions for syncopal

syncope
/ (ˈsɪŋkəpɪ) /

noun

pathol a technical word for a faint
the omission of one or more sounds or letters from the middle of a word

Derived forms of syncope

syncopic (sɪŋˈkɒpɪk) or syncopal, adjective

Word Origin for syncope

C16: from Late Latin syncopa, from Greek sunkopē a cutting off, from syn- + koptein to cut

Medical definitions for syncopal (1 of 2)

syncopal
[ sĭng′kə-pəl, sĭn′- ]

adj.

Of or relating to syncope.

Medical definitions for syncopal (2 of 2)

syncope
[ sĭng′kə-pē, sĭn′- ]

n.

A brief loss of consciousness caused by a sudden fall of blood pressure or failure of the cardiac systole, resulting in cerebral anemia.