Torpor
1 Torpor — is a (usually short term) state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually characterized by a reduced body temperature and rate of metabolism. Animals that go through torpor include birds (even tiny hummingbirds) notably… …
2 Torpor — Tor por, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.] [1913 Webster] 1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. [1913 Webster] 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the… …
3 torpor — (n.) c.1600, from L. torpor numbness, from torpere be numb, from PIE root *ster stiff (Cf. O.C.S. trupeti, Lith. tirpstu to become rigid; Gk. stereos solid; O.E. steorfan to die; see STERILE (Cf …
4 Torpor — (Torpidĭtas, lat.), 1) krankhaft verminderte Erregbarkeit u. Beweglichkeit, selbst bis zur Betäubung aufgehobene u. unvollkommene Perception der Reize; 2) Trägheit od. Schwäche überhaupt …
5 Tórpor — (lat., Torpidität), Gefühl , Reizlosigkeit …
6 torpor — 1. estado de inactividad mental o física. 2. ausencia o lentitud de respuesta a un estímulo. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …
7 torpor — index inaction, inertia, languor, sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8 TORPOR — fatalis quidam, et omnia invitô animô, segnibus membris, agenda, inter mala prodigia, memoratur Claudiano, de Cerere, amissâ Proserpina, l. 3. de Raptu, v. 137. Haec ubi; digreditur Templis, sed nulla ruenti Mobilitas, tardos queritur non ire… …
9 TORPOR — TORPOR, торпор, или сопор (sopor), глубокое угнетение сознания, наблюдаемое при многих тяжелых заболеваниях на высоте болезнен «35 68<S ного процесса. Торпорозное состояние близко I к коматозному, отличаясь от последнего тем, что при нем …
10 torpor — |ô| s. m. 1. Estado tórpido de alguma parte do corpo. 2. [Figurado] Inação do espírito. 3. Indiferença …
11 torpor — tȍrpor m DEFINICIJA 1. a. pat. stanje smanjene aktivnosti i osjetljivosti tijela b. psih. stanje u kojem je intelektualna aktivnost usporena 2. pren. klima, atmosfera pasivnosti i neaktivnosti ETIMOLOGIJA vidi torpidan …
12 torpor — *torpidity, stupor, *lethargy, languor, lassitude Analogous words: apathy, phlegm, impassivity, stolidity (see under IMPASSIVE): inertness or inertia, passiveness, inactivity (see corresponding adjectives at INACTIVE) Antonyms: animation …
13 torpor — is spelt or in both BrE and AmE …
14 torpor — [n] lethargy apathy, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, lifelessness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity,… …
15 torpor — ► NOUN ▪ physical or mental inactivity; lethargy. ORIGIN Latin …
16 torpor — [tôr′pər] n. [L < torpere: see TORPID] 1. a state of being dormant or inactive; temporary loss of all or part of the power of sensation or motion; sluggishness; stupor 2. dullness; apathy …
17 Torpor — Unter dem Torpor (lat. Erstarrung, Betäubung) versteht man einen physiologischen Schlafzustand, der bei einigen kleineren Säugetieren und Vögeln, also bei homoiothermen oder endothermen Tieren vorkommt und der einer Lethargie vergleichbar ist,… …
18 Torpor — Tor|por 〈m.; s; unz.; Med.〉 = Torpidität * * * Tọrpor [lateinisch »Erstarrung«] der, s, Torpidität, 1) Biologie: Erstarrungszustand, der mit einer starken Reduktion des Stoffwechsels und der Körpertemperat …
19 torpor — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)pə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT: also a N Torpor is the state of being completely inactive mentally or physically, for example because of illness or laziness. [FORMAL] He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him...… …
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