syncope

Example Sentences

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"We also hope to more closely examine cerebral blood flow and neural pathways in the brain during the moment of syncope, to better understand this common but mysterious condition," they note.

From Science Daily

Interestingly, another meaning for syncope is to contract a word by omitting middle sounds or letters.

From Salon

There are four types of common heat illnesses that Lawrence says can range from minor to life-threatening, including heat syncope, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

From Seattle Times

It is when children hold their breath when upset until they experience syncope, or passing out.

From Fox News

The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling.

From Literature