stupor
noun
- total or nearly total lack of spontaneous movements (disease)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈstjuː.pə/ / /ˈstu.pɚ/ / /ˈstju.pɚ/
noun
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
- A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
“He fell into a drunken stupor.”
“She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.”
- A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
verb
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
- To place into a stupor; to stupefy.