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Definition of: syncope

(singkə·pē) noun
1. The elision of a sound or syllable in the middle part of a word, as e'er for ever.
2. Music Syncopation.
3. Pathol. Sudden faintness; swooning, with loss of sensation, motion, and consciousness. See synonyms under STUPOR. [Earlier sincopis <OF sincopin, ult. <LL syncope <Gk. synkopē <syn- together + kop-, stem of koptein strike, cut; refashioned after LL]
—syn′co·pal, syn·cop·ic
(sin·kopik) adjective

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