sopor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sopor
1650–60; 1970–75 sopor for def. 2; < Latin
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, especial care should be taken to avoid giving so much of any opiate as will induce sopor or excite nausea.
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With this state of the disorder effusion of serum takes place in the ventricles and between the membranes, heightening the sopor and coma.
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In prose sopor has only a causative meaning, a means of producing sleep, but not a deep sleep.
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They dispose to sopor, lethargy, and even insanity.
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The delirium is commonly active or noisy, and accompanied by great restlessness; it may, however, be mild, tending to sopor or coma.
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