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t. e. Torporis a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually marked by a reduced body temperatureand metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability.[1] The term "torpor" can refer to the time a hibernatorspends at low body temperature, lasting days to weeks, or it can refer to a period ...
Stupor. Stupor. A patient in catatonic stupor. Specialty. Neurology, Psychiatry. Stupor is the lack of critical mental function and a level of consciousness, in which an affected person is almost entirely unresponsive and responds only to intense stimuli such as pain. [ 1] The word derives from the Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility").
Clouding of consciousness. Clouding of consciousness, also called brain fog or mental fog, [1] [2] occurs when a person is slightly less wakeful or aware than normal. [3] They are less aware of time and their surroundings, and find it difficult to pay attention. [3] People describe this subjective sensation as their mind being "foggy".
Greek νάρκη (nárkē), numbess, torpor narcolepsy: nas(o)-of or pertaining to the nose: Latin nāsus, nose nasal nat(o)-birth Latin nātus, born, arisen, made neonatology: necr(o)-death Greek νεκρός (nekrós), dead body, corpse, dying person necrosis, necrotizing fasciitis: neo-new Greek νέος (néos), young, youthful, new, fresh ...
Specialty. Medical toxicology. Narcosis while diving (also known as nitrogen narcosis, inert gas narcosis, raptures of the deep, Martini effect) is a reversible alteration in consciousness that occurs while diving at depth. It is caused by the anesthetic effect of certain gases at high partial pressure.
Waxy flexibility is a specific symptom of catatonia. It refers to the patient's body showing resistance to being moved. Alteration of an individual's posture is similar to bending a warm candle. [ 5] Waxy flexibility often develops with other symptoms of catatonia, including: Immobility: showing no signs of motion [ 6]
Frederick II ( German: Friedrich; Italian: Federico; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (the second son of Emperor ...
Investors are not freaking out over a spike in U.S. inflation in the past two months, showing confidence that the Federal Reserve is deftly handling a rebound in economic growth even as it leaves ...