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Webster 1913 Edition


Obdormition

Ob′dor-mi′tion

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Noun.
[L.
obdormire
to fall asleep.]
Sleep.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Obdormition

OBDORMI'TION

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Noun.
[L. obdormio, to sleep.] Sleep; sound sleep. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


obdormition

obdormition

English

Noun

obdormition (uncountable)

  1. The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it "falls asleep" due to pressure on a nerve.

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