See Also: stupor(medicine)
Stupor(health)
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benign stupor(medicine)
catatonic stupor(medicine)
depressive stupor(medicine)
malignant stupor(medicine)

stupor (iou)



stupor noun. LME.
[Latin, from stupere: see STUPID, -OR.]
1. A state of insensibility or unconsciousness; spec. in Medicine, a condition of near-unconsciousness characterized by great reduction in mental activity and responsiveness. LME.
Ld Macaulay James sank into a stupor which indicated the near approach of death. Ina Taylor Men sprawled out in a drunken stupor.
2. a. Admiring wonder, amazement. LME.
b. A dazed, stunned, or torpid state of mind. L17.
Phrases: stupor mundi an object of admiring bewilderment and wonder.