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"Torpid"
Keywords:
sluggish
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dormant
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hibernating
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numb
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dull
Related Terms:
Torpor
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Quiescence
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Hibernate
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Sluggish
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Dormant
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Hibernation
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Hibernacula
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Languid
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Aestivation
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Estivation
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Quiescent
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Sedentary
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Estivate
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Aestivate
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Lassitude
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Weary
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Sleep
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Lethargy
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Stinger
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Fatigue
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Piloerection
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Diapause
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Impaction
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Recrudescence
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Yank
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Dormancy
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Doze
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Gum
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Indolent
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Impacted tooth
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Gingival
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Sleep paralysis
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Drowsy
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Eschar
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Rest
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Immobilization
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Dermal
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Awake
,
Gingiva
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Hypnic jerk
,
Torula
,
Twitch
,
Excrescence
,
Kip
,
Periodontal pocket
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Nivarana
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Shock
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Sleepiness
,
Sleep deprivation
Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
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Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
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Characterized by a dormant, inactive condition or state (Morris 1992).
imnh.isu.edu
Having lost most of the power of exertion; dormant. A ground squirrel is torpid when it is hibernating.
nsrl.ttu.edu
Like the torpedo fish, which numbs its prey with an electric shock, "torpor" [from the Latin for "stiff," "numb"] is an enervating force which renders its victims sluggish, dull, and stagnant. See: LANGUID, LASSITUDE, LETHARGIC, SLUGGARD, TIRED.
hermenaut.com
slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
wordnet.princeton.edu
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
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Keywords:
lenten
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rows
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races
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inferior
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boat
An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
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The Lenten rowing races.
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