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Noun: torpor  tor-pu(r)
  1. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
    "he fell into a deep torpor";
    - torpidity
     
  2. Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigour or energy
    - listlessness, torpidity, torpidness

Derived forms: torpors

Type of: passiveness, passivity, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

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