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torpor [′tȯr·pər] (physiology) The condition in hibernating poikilotherms during winter when body temperature drops in a parallel relation to ambient environmental temperatures. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She still lay back in the chair, possessed by a torpor like the torpor of death--insensible to sound, insensible to touch. She was the only one of his family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live. But at last the roar of a bigger and nearer break than usual brought her out of her torpor, and she looked up, and her practiced eye fell upon that telltale rush of water. |
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