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DELIQUIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deliquium mean?
• DELIQUIUM (noun)
The noun DELIQUIUM has 1 sense:
1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Familiarity information: DELIQUIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
deliquium; faint; swoon; syncope
Hypernyms ("deliquium" is a kind of...):
loss of consciousness (the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond)
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