syncopal
Related to fainting
Syncopal relates to syncope—a medical term for fainting or brief loss of consciousness due to insufficient blood flow to the brain.
A syncopal episode is a fainting spell.
The term appears almost exclusively in clinical contexts: The patient reported three syncopal events in the past month.
Weak and indistinct
- blackoutComplete power loss
- collapseSudden structural failure
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- loss of consciousnessAwareness temporarily ceasing
pass out · keel over · drop · fall · transient · spell · attack · event
Vagus-nerve-mediated reflex
- cardiogenicCaused by heart dysfunction
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- situationalDependent on circumstances
- micturitionMedical term for peeing
autonomic · arrhythmia · bradycardia · hypotension · tachycardia · dehydration · anemia · hypoglycemia
Sensation of near-fainting
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
tunnel vision · warmth · clammy · unsteady · vertigo · weakness · fatigue · yawning
Sudden structural failure
- thudDull impact noise
- slumpExtended period of decline
- fallDescend under gravity
- crumpleCompress into irregular folds
drop · stagger · lurch · tumble · injury · trauma · convulsion · tonic
Heart's electrical activity record
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- cerebralRelating to intellect
faint
Weak and indistinct
loss of consciousness · pass out · keel over · drop · fall · transient · spell · attack · event · recurrent
vasovagal
Vagus-nerve-mediated reflex
- cardiogenicCaused by heart dysfunction
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- situationalDependent on circumstances
micturition · autonomic · arrhythmia · bradycardia · hypotension · tachycardia · dehydration · anemia · hypoglycemia · hypoperfusion
lightheadedness
Sensation of near-fainting
nausea · tunnel vision · warmth · clammy · unsteady · vertigo · weakness · fatigue · yawning · palpitations
collapse
Sudden structural failure
crumple · drop · stagger · lurch · tumble · injury · trauma · convulsion · tonic · jerking
electrocardiogram
Heart's electrical activity record
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
syncopalconscious
Mentally present and alert
alert · awake · lucid · responsive · oriented
syncopalseizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
epileptic · convulsive · neurogenic · postictal · psychogenic
syncope, syncopation, syncopated, syncopate, syncopating, syncopations, syncopates