Noun: syncope sing-ku-pee
- A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
"He experienced a syncope due to severe dehydration";
- faint, swoon, deliquium [archaic]
- (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle')
"The word 'chocolate' is often pronounced with syncope as 'choc'late'";
- syncopation
Derived forms: syncopes
Type of: articulation, loss of consciousness
Encyclopedia: Syncope