Usage examples (30)

• For musicians, syncope is a rhythmic form that subverts the order of stress in the bar and puts stress on what is regularly unstressed.
• Some symptoms St. Jude cited include a sudden loss of consciousness called syncope, palpitations and shortness of breath.
• The above is a classic presentation of syncope, which is defined as a transient, self-correcting loss of responsiveness and postural tone.
• Death, he said, was the result of "syncope," or a dramatic drop in blood pressure.