Deliquium (Noun)
Meaning
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- She fell into a brief deliquium due to severe dehydration before her doctor was able to revive her with intravenous fluids.
- Witnesses described how the runner collapsed from deliquium on the finish line and lay there unresponsive until the paramedics arrived.
- Doctors speculate the brain aneurysm was responsible for his repeated deliquium, though a clear cause could never be definitively confirmed.
- Fortunately for him, he did not hit his head on anything as he suddenly entered deliquium in the train aisle on the commute home from work.
- Athletes commonly put themselves at risk of a momentary deliquium whenever attempting marathon records and performance breakthroughs with tightly calculated carb intake restrictions and race preparation physical strains