noun
- an unnaturally deep sleep; stupor
Usage: medical; formal
Examples
- The patient fell into a deep sopor after the medication.
- The illness induced a state of sopor that lasted for days.
- Medical staff monitored her vital signs during the sopor.
- He emerged from the sopor confused and disoriented.
- The drug’s side effects included prolonged sopor.
- Doctors were concerned about the patient’s unresponsive sopor.