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SYNCOPE (Gr. tnrfKoirri, a cutting up or short, from K&JTTUV, to cut), a term used in grammar for the elision of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word (e.g. " ne'er " for " never ") ; and in medicine for the condition of fainting or shock (q.v.); and so ...

... nct from the loss of consciousness due to sudden failure of the heart's action (syncope) or the coma of narcotic or alcoholic poisoning, of status epilepticus, of uraemia or of head injury. The sudden coma of sunstroke and heat-stroke might be included, althou ...

... in their form. Three chief types of the disease are usually described. 1. Heat Syncope. — In this form the symptoms are those of exhaustion, with a tendency towards fainting or its actual occurrence. A fully developed attack of this description is usually pre ...