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† ˈsoporal, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. sopor sopor.]
1. = carotid a. 1. (Cf. soporific a. 1 d.)
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Soporal Arteries,..the Carotid Arteries, so call'd because if they be tied, they immediately incline the Person to Sleep. [Copying Blancard Phys. Dict. (1693) s.v. Carotidis.]
2. Of or pertaining to sleep.
1719E. Baynard Health (1740) 27 When all the faculties of th' mind Are to their (soporal) cells confin'd. |