亚洲网紅露点

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syncope

[ sing-kuh-pee, sin- ]

noun

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


syncope

/ 藞s瑟艐k蓹p瑟; s瑟艐藞k蓲p瑟k /

noun

  1. pathol a technical word for a faint
  2. the omission of one or more sounds or letters from the middle of a word
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • syncopic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉测苍路肠辞辫路颈肠 [sin-, kop, -ik], 蝉测苍顎僣辞路辫补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of syncope1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Late Latin 蝉测苍肠辞辫脓, from Greek 蝉测苍办辞辫岣 鈥渁 cutting short,鈥 from syn- syn- + 办辞辫岣 鈥渁 cutting鈥 (from 办贸辫迟别颈苍 鈥渢o cut鈥)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of syncope1

C16: from Late Latin syncopa, from Greek 蝉耻苍办辞辫脓 a cutting off, from syn- + koptein to cut
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Nearly 40 percent of people experience syncope, or fainting spells, at least once in their lives.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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