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- They put her in a private room, and there she falls into lethargy, and her face freezes into a mask.†
p. 112.6 *lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
- The lesions by this time were showing a pattern of marked splenomegaly [swollen spleen]—strikingly thy on cut surface, enlarged kidneys, and sporadic occurrences of hemorrhage in a variety of organs....Clinically, the animals showed abrupt anorexia [loss of appetite], and lethargy.†
p. 171.3
Definitions:
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(lethargic) lacking energy
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, lethargy can refer to inactivity or even a state of unconsciousness.