Usually means: State of decreased physiological activity.
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  1. torpor: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. torpor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. torpor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. torpor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. torpor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Torpor, torpor: Wordnik
  7. torpor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. torpor: Wiktionary
  9. torpor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. torpor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. torpor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. torpor: Dictionary.com
  13. torpor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Torpor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Torpor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. torpor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. torpor: Rhymezone
  18. Torpor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. torpor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. torpor: Free Dictionary
  21. torpor: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. torpor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. torpor: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  2. Torpor: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. torpor: Medical dictionary
  5. Torpor: Drug Medical Dictionary

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noun:  A state of being inactive or stuporous.
noun:  A state of apathy or lethargy.
noun:  (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

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