| grand mal |
a kind of epilepsy characterized by convulsions and loss of consciousness. (Cf. petit mal). |
| grogginess |
the state of being groggy; the state of being confused, dazed, or slow to return to consciousness or wakefulness. |
| hyperconsciousness |
combined form of consciousness. |
| insentient |
lacking perception or consciousness; inanimate. |
| interior monologue |
in literature, material that expresses a character's inner thoughts, often presented in stream-of-consciousness narrative. |
| mind |
recollection or consciousness. [1/13 definitions] |
| mob |
the common people sometimes considered as having a low level of consciousness, taste, or the like; populace; masses. [1/9 definitions] |
| narcotic |
capable of causing drowsiness, loss of consciousness, or numbness. [1/6 definitions] |
| overcome |
to cause to be weak or inactive, or to lose consciousness. [1/5 definitions] |
| pass out |
to faint or lose consciousness. [1/2 definitions] |
| preconscious |
existing or occurring before the development of consciousness. [1/3 definitions] |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| resuscitator |
a person or thing that brings back to life or consciousness. [1/2 definitions] |
| revive |
to restore (a person or animal) to consciousness. [2/9 definitions] |
| sleep |
to be in a state of bodily rest that is characterized by full or partial loss of consciousness and a slowing of bodily functions. [1/9 definitions] |
| stream of consciousness |
in psychology, the content of an individual's consciousness seen as a continuous flow through time. [1/2 definitions] |
| swoon |
to lose consciousness; faint. [2/3 definitions] |
| unconscious |
suffering temporary loss of consciousness. [1/4 definitions] |
| unself-consciousness |
combined form of self-consciousness. |
| Virginia Woolf |
English novelist and essayist, noted for her use of modernist techniques such as stream of consciousness and interior monologue; born Virginia Stephens (b.1882--d.1941). |