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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Physical Examination > Vital Signs > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor
Physiological Phenomena > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor
Physiological Phenomena > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor
Biological Phenomena > Adaptation, Biological > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor
Physiological Phenomena > Homeostasis > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor

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Torpor  

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  • A state of decreased activity in animals characterized by depressed metabolism, reduced body temperature, and low sensitivity to external stimuli.

History note

  • 2014

In other languages

  • horros

    Finnish

  • eläinten horrostila
  • horrostila
  • horrostila eläimillä
  • Dvala

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064348

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