syncope
/ˈsɪŋkəpɪ/noun
mass noun
1
- Medicine temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure【医】昏厥。
2
- Grammar the omission of sounds or letters from within a word, for example when library is pronounced /ˈlaɪbrɪ/【语法】词中省略, 中略。
派生词
syncopal
adjective词源
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sunkopē, from sun- 'together' + koptein 'strike, cut off'.