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tor·por 'tȯr-pər n a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility: extreme sluggishness or stagnation of function
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n.
a state of sluggishness and diminished responsiveness: a characteristic of certain mental disorders and a symptom of certain forms of poisoning or metabolic disorder.
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tor·por (torґpər) [L.] lack of response to normal or ordinary stimuli.Medical dictionary. 2011.