λιποθυμία — meaning in English
lipothymia
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English meaning
- blackout noun A sudden, temporary loss of consciousness or memory.
- collapse verb To fall down or cave in suddenly.
- faint adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
- fainting noun The act of briefly losing consciousness.
- lightheadedness noun A dizzy, faint feeling, as if you might lose your balance or consciousness.
- syncope noun The dropping of a sound, often a vowel, from the middle of a word, sometimes losing a whole syllable.
Senses
λιποθυμία is used for these senses in English:
- blackout A temporary loss of consciousness.
- collapse The act of collapsing.
- faint The act of fainting, syncope.
- fainting An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
- lightheadedness The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
- syncope (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
blackout — full definition
- noun A sudden, temporary loss of consciousness or memory.
- noun A large-scale loss of electrical power over an area.
- noun A deliberate suppression of information or news.
collapse — full definition
- verb To fall down or cave in suddenly.
- verb To fail suddenly and completely.
- verb To suddenly fall to the ground, typically from exhaustion, illness, or fainting.
- verb To fold something into a smaller, more compact shape.
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