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Descriptor English: Torpor
Descriptor Spanish: Letargo
Descriptor torpor
Scope note: Estado de disminución de la actividad en animales que se caracteriza por una disminución del metabolismo, de la temperatura corporal y una baja sensibilidad a los estímulos externos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Torpor
Descriptor French: Torpeur
Tree number(s): G07.110.232.889
G07.410.421.889
G16.012.500.535.889
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064348
Scope note: A state of decreased activity in animals characterized by depressed metabolism, reduced body temperature, and low sensitivity to external stimuli.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Related: Diapause MeSH
DeCS ID: 55395
Unique ID: D064348
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2017/04/14
Torpor - Preferred
Concept UI M0581203
Scope note A state of decreased activity in animals characterized by depressed metabolism, reduced body temperature, and low sensitivity to external stimuli.
Preferred term Torpor



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