syncope

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
2. (countable, uncountable) A loss of consciousness when fainting.
3. (countable, uncountable) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Teenoorgestelde van

epenthesis

Sinonieme

faint

swoon

syncopation

blackout

fainting

unconsciousness

stupor

coma

insensibility

deliquium

fainting fit

trance

stupefaction

retention of body fluids

apsychia

convulsions

fit

heart failure

collapse

tremor

fainting spell

dysregulation

neurohormonal disorders

Vertalings

syncope

sincope

Synkope

síncope

syncope

síncope

síncope

síncopa

desmaio

svenimento

desmayo

συγκοπή

desmai

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”).