Torpor, n.
Etymology: [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for torpor; he lists it under stupor.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
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