benumbing

Japanese: benumbing
benumbing

... Coma, stupor, oblivion, somnolence, etc., indicate the degree of consciousness, and coma is used to describe the deepest disorder of consciousness in which the person cannot be awakened by any external stimuli, while somnolence refers to a mild disorder of consciousness in which the person closes their eyes and sleeps unless called upon, but can be easily awakened. Benumbing and stupor are used to describe intermediate stages between these two, with the latter usually meaning a more severe disorder of consciousness than the former. In contrast, cognitive impairment is expressed as a change in the content of consciousness, that is, an alteration of consciousness. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 昏睡,昏迷,昏蒙,傾眠などは覚醒の程度を表すものであり,昏睡comaはどのような外界からの刺激に対してもまったく目覚めることのない最も深い意識障害に対して用いられ,傾眠somnolenceは呼びかけないかぎり,目を閉じてうとうととしているが,容易に目を覚まさせることのできるような軽い意識障害を示す。昏蒙benumbingと昏迷stuporはこの二つの中間段階に対して用いられ,通常後者のほうが前者より高度の意識障害を意味するものである。 これらに対し,認識能の障害は,意識内容の変化,すなわち意識変容として表現される。…

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