LETHARGY
\lˈɛθəd͡ʒˌi], \lˈɛθədʒˌi], \l_ˈɛ_θ_ə_dʒ_ˌi]\
Definitions of LETHARGY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
By Princeton University
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weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
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inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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Periods of sleep manifested by changes in EEG activity and certain behavioral correlates; includes Stage 1: sleep onset, drowsy sleep; Stage 2: light sleep; Stages 3 and 4: delta sleep, light sleep, deep sleep, telencephalic sleep.
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Unhealthy drowsiness; unnatural prolonged slumber; listlessness; state of inaction or indifference; as, war often awakes a nation from lethargy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A constant state of stupor from which it is almost impossible to arouse the individual; and, if aroused, he speedily elapses into his former condition.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A state of functional or constitutional torpor; drowsiness. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Preternatural sleepiness; morbid drowsiness;— dullness; inaction; inattention.
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Harmar, Josiah
- (1753-1813), born in Philadelphia, served during Revolutionary War, attaining rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was commander-in-chief the U.S. army from 1789 to 1792.