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cataphor

cataphor

English

Noun

cataphor ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cataphors)

  1. (medicine) Semicoma.
  2. (medicine) Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness.

Etymology

From Latin cataphora ‎(“a coma”), from Ancient Greek καταφορά ‎(kataphorá, “a bringing down, a lethargic attack”)

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