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Synonyms for Syncope (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain):
faint, swoon, deliquium

WordNet sense 2 ((phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')):
syncopation


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