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Meaning of 'torpor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Torpor [ n.]
- Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
- Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.

Meaning of 'torpor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . torpor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
Example in sentence:
  • he fell into a deep torpor

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