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Keywords: Faint, Consciousness, Transient, Cerebral, Insufficient

Related Terms: Amnesia , Abulia, Apoplexy, Asphyxia, Asthenia, Cataplexy, Collapse, Coma, Concussion, Epilepsy, Fit, Insufficiency, Numbness, Palpitation, Paroxysm, Shock, Stroke, Seizure, Transient Ischemic Attack, Tia , Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Amaurosis Fugax, Retrograde Amnesia, Brain Death, Cerebrovascular Accident, Subdural Hematoma, Persistent Vegetative State, Unconsciousness, Seizures, Poor Cerebral Circulation, Petit Mal Seizure, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hemophiliac, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Haemophilia, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Transient Ischaemic Attack, Multi-Infarct Dementia, Cva, Faint, Vascular Dementia, Unstable Angina, Stroke Occurs When There, Sudden Cardiac Death, Atonic Seizure, Complex Partial Seizure, Scd

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A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

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a faint; sudden temporary loss of conciousness associated with loss of postural tone and followed by a spontaneous recovery; most commonly caused by cerebral ischemia

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a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

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(phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

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