loss of consciousness
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5.3
- noun
- /lɔs əv ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/
- Specialized
:
pérdida de conciencia
- After fainting at work, the doctor confirmed that he had experienced a loss of consciousness for several minutes.
- may result in a loss of consciousness
Examples
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He had suffered a brief loss of consciousness, a large scalp laceration, and a bruised right knee.
Academic text (2002) -
For other children, TBI may not involve a loss of consciousness.
Academic text (2003) -
Was there any loss of consciousness?
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There usually was not a total loss of consciousness, and most were able to hear, although they might not respond.
Blog text (32) -
As for her loss of consciousness, one explanation is a disturbance in her heart's electrical function.
Fiction book (2000) -
Rapid loss of consciousness results from a lack of oxygenated blood.
Blog text (10) -
If left untreated, confusion, clumsiness, and loss of consciousness may result.
Academic text (2012) -
The patient denied any loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, or change in vision.
Academic text (2002) -
The symptoms included severe stomach cramps, loss of consciousness, refusal to eat, and undressing and burning clothes in public.
Academic text (1997) -
Symptoms of this disorder included extreme fatigue, dyspnea, heart palpitations, sweating, tremors, and loss of consciousness.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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6.0
A short time when a person becomes unconscious or cannot remember things
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4.4
A sudden brief loss of consciousness
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6.0
A state when a person is not awake and not aware of what is happening around them
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9.3
A short time when a person stares blankly, does not respond, and sometimes makes small movements
The state of not being able to feel or notice things
Antonyms
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Morphology
loss + of + consciousness
The meaning 'a state of becoming unaware and unresponsive' is directly and compositionally derived from 'loss' (being deprived of) + 'consciousness' (wakeful self-awareness) following the common English 'loss of X' pattern. This straightforward, cross-linguistically common nominal composition makes the phrase immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Loss of consciousness is a simple, literal image: loss (losing) of consciousness (being awake and aware), like a light going out in the mind so a person becomes 'unaware' and does not respond. That's why it means 'to faint' or to lose awareness for a short time.