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The Clue

Fainting spells (8 letter answer)

The Answer

SYNCOPES

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Notes

The answer SYNCOPES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.

Related Clues

Elisions
Swoons
Phonetic contractions
Word elisions, as in "forecastle" to "fo'c'sle"

Definition

SYNCOPE as a noun:

1. (faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium) = a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
2. (syncope, syncopation) = (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')