Meaning of TORPOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'torpur
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- [n] inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or energy
- [n] a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"
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| | Synonyms: | | listlessness, torpidity, torpidity, torpidness |
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| | See Also: | | hibernation, lassitude, lethargy, passiveness, passivity, physiological condition, physiological state, sluggishness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity
with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the
mental faculties.
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