syncope

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
2. noun A loss of consciousness when fainting.
3. noun A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

Similar words

syncopation swoon faint fainting vasovagal tussive apocope aphesis aphonia elision

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Word family

syncopal syncopes