The act or process of making something dull or blunt; a state of mental sluggishness or reduced awareness.
From hebetate + -ion, a noun-forming suffix from Latin. The pattern mirrors English words like 'creation' from 'create' or 'notation' from 'notate,' describing the result or process of an action.
Medieval and Renaissance doctors used this term to describe what happens to your mind when illness or age sets in—it's more poetic than just saying 'getting tired and confused.'
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