Fainting - fainting

Japanese: 気絶 - きぜつ
Fainting - fainting

Although it is not an academic term, it generally means fainting or collapsing. Syncope is a sudden, transient attack in which an individual turns pale, breaks out into a cold sweat, loses consciousness, and collapses due to physical or psychological causes such as an unpleasant environment or impression. Syncope is also commonly known as cerebral anemia, and individuals often recover within a short time, but fainting is a broad term that refers not only to fainting or collapsing, but also to a state of suspended animation such as suffocation. Overwork, mental stress, bruises, falls, and shock can cause fainting. The state of "falling" caused by a chokehold in judo is similar.

[Yutaka Watanabe]

[Reference] | fainting | collapse

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

学術用語ではないが、一般に失神、卒倒などを意味する。失神は、不快な環境、印象などの身体的、心理的な原因によって、顔色が悪くなり、冷汗をかき、意識の一時的障害をおこして卒倒することで、突発的な一過性の発作である。失神は、俗に脳貧血とよばれることもあり、短時間に回復することが多いが、気絶は失神、卒倒のほか、窒息などの仮死状態をも示す広い意味をもったことばである。過労、精神的ストレス、打撲、転落、ショックなどが気絶の原因となりうる。柔道の絞め技による「落ちた」という状態も同様のものである。

[渡辺 裕]

[参照項目] | 失神 | 卒倒

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