torpor

While their immune systems keep the fungus at bay when the bat is active, the fungus gains the upper hand once the bats enter their state of torpor.

Owen’s torpor — his froggy, monotone way of talking, his incessant, suppressed discomfort — is draining.

He was in one of his reptilian torpors again.

What unfolded was the exact opposite of the torpor in Calcutta.

However, they did discover that the ATP turnover time of myosin molecules in both formations was lower in IBA and torpor compared to the SA phase, leading to an unexpected overall increase in ATP consumption.