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stupor
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stupor /stu·por/ (stoo´per) [L.]
1. a lowered level of consciousness.
2. in psychiatry, a disorder marked by reduced responsiveness.stu´porous

stu·por (stpr)
n.
A state of impaired consciousness characterized by a marked diminution in the capacity to react to environmental stimuli.

stupor·ous adj.

stupor
[st(y)o̅o̅′pər]
Etymology: L, stupere, to stun
a state of unresponsiveness in which a person seems unaware of the surroundings. The condition occurs in neurologic and psychiatric disorders. The person may be totally or almost totally immobile and unresponsive, even to painful stimuli. Kinds of stupor are anergic stupor, benign stupor, and epileptic stupor. -stuperas, adj.

stupor [stoo´por]
1. partial or nearly complete unconsciousness.
2. a state of lethargy and immobility with diminished responsiveness to stimulation. adj., adj stu´porous.

stupor,
n lethargic state of con-sciousness characterized by reduced response to stimulation.

stupor,
n the condition of being only partly conscious or sensible; also, a condition of insensibility.

stupor
partial or nearly complete unconsciousness; a state of lethargy and immobility with diminished responsiveness to stimulation.


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Following a nocturnal hallucinatory frenzy, he assumes a stuporous repose throughout the next day.
The patient, a 63-year-old woman who had had a kidney transplant 10 years earlier and was receiving immunosuppressive treatment with cyclosporine, azathioprine, and prednisolone, was hospitalized in an intensive care unit because of septic shock, a stuporous condition, hypotension, respiratory insufficiency, and acute renal failure.
Evaluating sensory response can assess for hemisensory loss; a stuporous or aphasic patient will grimace or pull away from the stimulus.
 
 
 
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