SYNCOPE
- a contraction of a word by omitting sounds from the middle [n -S]
- the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle [n SYNCOPES] : SYNCOPAL [adj], SYNCOPIC [adj]
- the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er
- brief loss of consciousness associated with transient cerebral anemia, as in heart block, sudden lowering of the blood pressure, etc.; fainting