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Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.

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  1. n. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
  2. n. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
  3. n. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
  4. n. inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
  5. 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.
  6. n:100 n. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility