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torpor(dictionary)
torpor(dictionary)

torpor (iou)



torpor noun. LME.
[Latin, from torpere be sluggish: see -OR.]
Torpid condition or quality; apathy, listlessness, dullness; indifference; spec. (Medicine) a state of sluggishness and low responsiveness (less marked than stupor); Biology a state of physical and physiological inactivity, esp. in conditions of excessive heat or cold. Also, an instance of this.
A. Burgess Torpor has kept me in bed until noon. B. Chatwin There was an oriental torpor in her movements.
torpo'rific adjective causing torpor; stupefying, deadening: M18.