Stupor vs. Obtunded — What's the Difference?

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").

To make less intense; dull or deaden.

A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness

Simple past tense and past participle of obtund

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.

(medicine) Far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibiting other signs of being confused, a state just short of frank delirium.

A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.

To place into a stupor; to stupefy.

Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

Marginal consciousness;