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sopor

[soh-per]
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noun
  1. Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
  2. Often sopors. Slang. methaqualone.
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Origin of sopor

1650–60; 1970–75 for def 2; < Latin
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Related Words

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Historical Examples

  • The convex presupposes the concave; and vam is related to vap (as somnus is related to hpnos, to svapnas, and to sopor).

    Zoological Mythology (Volume II)

    Angelo de Gubernatis

British Dictionary definitions for sopor

sopor

noun
  1. an abnormally deep sleep; stupor
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin: a deep sleep, death; related to somnus sleep
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Word Origin and History for sopor

n.

Latin, "deep sleep, lethargy," from PIE *swep-os-, suffixed form of root *swep- (1) "to sleep" (see Somnus).

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sopor in Medicine

sopor

(sō′pər, -pôr′)
n.
  1. A deep, lethargic, or unnatural sleep.
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