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Definition of torpor noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

torpor

noun

NAmE//ˈtɔrpər//

[uncountable, singular] (formal)

the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm synonym lethargy In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.

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