stupor /st(y)o̅o̅″pər/ [L, stupere, to stun] , adj., a state of unresponsiveness in which a person seems unaware of the surroundings. The condition occurs in neurological and psychiatric disorders. The person may be totally or almost totally immobile and unresponsive, even to painful stimuli. Kinds include anergic stupor, benign stupor, epileptic stupor.
