Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP'ORY, or A-PO'RI-A
AP'O-RON, or AP'O-RIMEA-POS-I-O-PE'SIS, or A-POS-I-O'PE-SY
AP'ORY, or A-PO'RI-A, n. [Gr. απορια, from απορος, inops consilii, of α and πορος, way or passage.]
- In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account of the variety of matter. – Smith.
- In the medical art, febrile anxiety; uneasiness; restlessness, from obstructed perspiration, or the stoppage of any natural secretion. – Coxe.
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