a. Med. [f. L. sopor sleep + -OSE1.] Of diseases, states, etc.: Marked or characterized by morbid sleep or stupor.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 39. The Spirits being oppress’d grow Stupid and Sluggish, as in Soporose Cases. Ibid., 352. Shave the Head, and apply it all over in Soporose Distempers.
1825. Ann. Reg., 242*. She lay in a soporose state, deprived of all sense and power of motion.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), II. 129. It is chiefly to be found united with syncopal and soporose affections.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 282. Soporose hysteria might have been diagnosed.
