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n. Grammar The shortening of a word by omission of a sound, letter, or syllable from the middle of the word; for example, bos'n for boatswain.

n. Pathology A brief loss of consciousness caused by a temporary deficiency of oxygen in the brain; a swoon. See Synonyms at blackout.

n. A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.

n. A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as -ster.

n. A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in 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.

n. Same as Syncopation.

n. A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

n. A pause or cessation; suspension.

n. The contraction of a word by elision; an elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or a syllable from the middle of a word, as in ne'er for never. See also syncopation, syncopate. Compare apocope.

n. In medicine, loss of consciousness from fall of blood-pressure and consequent cerebral anemia; fainting. It may be induced by cardiac weakness or inhibition, hemorrhage, or probably visceral vasomotor relaxation.

n. A sudden pause or cessation; a suspension; temporary stop or inability to go on.

n. In music: Same as syncopation.

n. The combination of two voice-parts so that two or more tones in one coincide with a single tone in the other; simple figuration.

n. In ancient prosody, omission, or apparent omission, of an arsis in the interior of a line.

n. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

n. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

"Near-syncope is light-headedness due to the same cause."

articulation    loss of consciousness    metaplasm   

cat-syncope    local syncope   

syncopation    fainting   

suspension    contraction    faint    fainting   

catalepsy    dyspnoea    bassline    ataxia    arrhythmia    faintness    giddiness    neuritis    cachexy    vasodilator