Syncope
WordNet
noun
(1) (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
(2) A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from , from + .
Noun
- A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
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- 1973: the rapidly-whitening face, the miserable fixed smile, meant a syncope within the next few bars. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
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- 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.
- A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
Noun
- fainting (an act of collapsing to a state to temporary unconsciousness)