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stupor (s) (noun), stupors (pl)
1. The partial or nearly complete unconsciousness, manifested by the subject's responding only to vigorous stimulation: Stupor, lethargy, and insensibility can be the results of the consumption of drugs or of alcoholic drinks.
2. A disorder or condition marked by reduced responsiveness caused by stress or shock: After hearing about the terrible car accident in which her daughter was killed, Jane was in a complete stupor and totally traumatized.
3. Etymology: from Latin stupere, "to be amazed or stunned" or "to be struck senseless".
A physical condition in which the person may have decreased senses.
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This entry is located in the following units: -or; -our (primarily British) (page 13) stup-, stupe- + (page 1)
Units related to: “stupor”
narco-, narc-, -narcotic, narcotico-, -narcosis, -narcoticism
(Greek: numbness, dullness; sleep, stupor, torpor; benumb, deaden)
torp-
(Latin: stupor, numb, sluggish)
typho-, typh-, -typhoidal, -typhus +
(Greek: to smoke; smoke, mist, vapor, hot vapor, steam, cloud, fog; stupor [insensibility, numbness, dullness]; used exclusively in medicine as a reference to fever accompanied by stupor or a clouding of the mind resulting from the fever caused by a severe-infectious disease)