obdormition

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  1. Sleep; the state or condition of being asleep. [Rare.] A peaceful obdormition in thy bed of ease and honour. Bp. Hall, Contemplations, iv.
  2. The state or condition of numbness of a part due to pressure on a nerve: as, the obdormition of a limb.

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  1. from Latin obdormire, fail asleep, from ob, toward, to, + dormire, sleep: see dorm.
 

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