APO'RIA, noun [Gr. from a way or passage.] 1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account of the variety of matter. 2. In the medical art, febrile anxiety; uneasiness; restlessness, from obstructed perspiration, or the stoppage of any natural secretion.
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