Obtundation vs. Stupor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obtundation and Stupor
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Obtundation
Obtundation refers to less than full alertness (altered level of consciousness), typically as a result of a medical condition or trauma.There is a huge range of potential causes including head injury, interruption of blood circulation, impaired oxygenation or carbon dioxide toxicity (hypercapnia), central nervous system (CNS) infections, drug intoxication or withdrawal, post-seizure state, hypothermia, and metabolic derangements such as hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, and hypercalcaemic crisis.The root word, obtund, means "dulled or less sharp" (cf. obtuse angle).
Stupor
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. The word derives from the Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility").
Obtundation
(medicine) Decreased level of alertness or consciousness
Stupor
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness
Staggered around in a drunken stupor.
Stupor
A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
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Stupor
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Stupor
To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
Stupor
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
Stupor
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
Stupor
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
His mother's deathleft him in a daze
He was numb with shock
Stupor
Marginal consciousness;
His grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows
Someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
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