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LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loss of consciousness" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loss of consciousness"):
deliquium; faint; swoon; syncope (a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain)
Context examples:
Clinically, it presents with breathing difficulty, dizziness, hypotension, cyanosis and loss of consciousness and may lead to death.
(Anaphylaxis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A symptomatic form of epilepsy often preceded by an aura; characterized by loss of consciousness with generalized tonic- clonic seizures.
(Grand Mal Seizure, Food and Drug Administration)
Although the exact mechanism of action is unknown, halothane provides relatively rapid induction of anesthesia by depressing the central nervous system, thereby producing a reversible loss of consciousness and sensation.
(Halothane, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs include dizziness, headache, vomiting, hemiparesis or hemiplegia, dysarthria, dysphagia, blurred vision and loss of consciousness.
(Basilar Artery Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Get medical help right away if you have a headache after a blow to your head, or if you have a headache along with a stiff neck, fever, confusion, loss of consciousness, or pain in the eye or ear.
(Headache, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
A medical inspection, qualified according to the methods employed, as physical examination, radiologic examination, diagnostic imaging examination, etc., performed under conditions of patient's complete or partial local or general insensibility to pain with or without the loss of consciousness, induced by an anesthetic agent or by non-pharmacological anesthesia technique.
(Examination Under Anesthesia, NCI Thesaurus)
