CATAPHORA
\kˈatɐfˌɔːɹə], \kˈatɐfˌɔːɹə], \k_ˈa_t_ɐ_f_ˌɔː_ɹ_ə]\
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A state resembling sleep, with privation of feeling and voice. Somnolency. According to others, Cataphora is simply a profound sleep, which it is difficult to rouse from -in this sense being synonymous with Sopor.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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