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Syncope

syncope
~ n technical 1 the loss of consciousness when someone faints 2 a way of making a word shorter by leaving out of sounds or letters in the middle of it, for example changing `cannot' to `can't'
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   noun  Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek synkope, literally, cutting short, from synkoptein to cut short, from syn- + koptein to cut — more at capon  Date: circa 1550  1. loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain ; faint  2. the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle)  • syncopal adjective ...
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  n. 1 Gram. the omission of interior sounds or letters in a word (see SYNCOPATE 2). 2 Med. a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure. Derivatives syncopal adj. Etymology: ME f. LL syncope f. Gk sugkope (as SYN-, kopto strike, cut off) ...
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3.
  забытие, синкопа ...
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  1. мед. обморок ...
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  noun  1) med. обморок  2) gram. синкопа ...
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  - 15c., from L.L. syncopen "contraction of a word," acc. of syncope, from Gk. synkope, "contraction of a word," originally "a cutting off," from synkoptein "to cut up," from syn- "together, thoroughly" + koptein "to cut." In pathology, "failure of the heart's action," hence "unconsciousness." ...
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