Benumbment

Quick meaning: Benumbment is a noun meaning The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.

Meaning

The act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.

Example Sentences

The pain was electric and compact, reducing everything to its own sort of benumbment, making the world beyond my head seem small and dazed.

The first cold weather, after insects have entered their winter quarters, produces effects upon them similar to those which occur in the dormouse, hedgehog, and other of the larger animals subject to torpor. At first a partial benumbment takes place; but the insect if touched is still capable of moving its organs.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for benumbment

Depending on context, synonyms include numbness, numb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include numbedness, obdormition, stupor, deadening, numbness, hebetude.

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