somnolence (redirected from Mental weakness)

somnolence /som·no·lence/ (som´no-lens) drowsiness or sleepiness, particularly in excess.

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som·no·lence (smn-lns)

n.

1. A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.

2. A condition of semiconsciousness approaching coma.

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somnolence (som´nlens),

n sleepiness; also unnatural drowsiness.

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somnolence

sleepiness; also, unnatural drowsiness. A depressive mental state commonly caused by encephalitis, encephalomalacia, hepatic encephalopathy, hypoxia and some poisonings, e.g. Filix mas, the male fern.