syncope

Example Sentences

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Patients were suffered symptoms ranging from vomiting and dizziness to syncope, a temporary loss of consciousness caused by falling blood pressure as people’s bodies are depleted of water.

From Washington Post

And Beethoven starts not on the downbeat, but on the third beat; he starts with a syncope, something that brings unrest in a rhythm.

From New York Times

Hofmann portrays this pervasive sense of syncope through rhythmic prose and powerful allusions to faith in an amoral world.

From New York Times

“At first I thought she was joking around, but then I got really worried. We rushed to the emergency room and the doctor diagnosed her with hair-grooming syncope.”

From Fox News

About seven months ago, exhausted and stressed out, I stood up too quickly and suffered syncope, medical jargon for passing out.

From New York Times