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torpor |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Torpor \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: torpor n 1: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor" [syn: {torpidity}] 2: inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or energy [syn: {listlessness}, {torpidity}, {torpidness}]
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