Faint (Noun)
Meaning
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- She experienced a faint after standing up too quickly from her seat and was helped by nearby people.
- The patient suffered a faint during her medical examination and had to be laid down until she came around.
- Hearing the news about her illness left her with a faint and her doctor rushed to call for emergency assistance.
- The patient recovered from the faint as oxygen increased to her brain and slowly gained back consciousness.
- Lack of food for three days caused him to have a faint while driving and an accident was narrowly averted by a passenger.