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Carpal Tunnel
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Etymologically estivation is the summer version of hibernation, deriving as they do from Latin aestivus (relating to summer) and hibernus (relating to winter). I had thought that estivate had taken on the meaning of becoming torpid during a dry season but AHD4 claims that estivate can mean either to pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state or to spend the summer, as at a special place. Hibernate has taken on the general meaning of being in a torpid or dormant state irrespective of the season.
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Pooh-Bah
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aestivating at his mountain lodge So is the word in English written either way, i.e. with or without the initial "a"?
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