fainting fit

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fainting fit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fainting \Faint"ing\, n.
     Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of
     the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the
     respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.
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     Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]
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