syncope
noun
the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
syncopal
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a word derived from
syncope.
Example Sentences
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It is possible that the syncopal attacks in this case were the result of sclerosis of the vessels supplying the heart muscle although careful microscopical examination did not throw much light on the ultimate cause.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
The syncopal attacks are, in all probability, directly dependent upon a marked reduction of the ventricular rate.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
The same vasomotor instability which shows itself in the tendency to syncopal attacks is apparent in many other ways.
From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron
A very high proportion of older children suffering from the graver neuroses, such as chorea, syncopal attacks, phobias, tics, and so forth, show defective physical Page 121 development.
From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron
When she began to refuse food and before she was tube-fed regularly, she twice had syncopal attacks and lost considerable flesh which was gradually regained under tube-feeding.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
