Meaning of CATALEPSY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kat`lepsee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli |
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| | See Also: | | hypersomnia | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cat"a*lep`sy\, Catalepsis \Cat`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.
catalepsis, fr. Gr. ? a seizure, fr. ? to seize upon; kata`
down + ? to take, seize.] (Med.)
A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and
limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while
the action of the heart and lungs continues.
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| | Related Terms: | | abeyance, amnesia, apathy, apoplexy, blackout, cataplexy, catatonia, catatonic stupor, catatony, coma, daydreaming, daze, deadliness, deathliness, diplegia, dormancy, dream state, encephalitis lethargica, entropy, faint, fugue, fugue state, grayout, hemiplegia, high, hypnotic trance, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, infantile paralysis, kayo, knockout, KO, languor, latency, lethargy, lipothymia, lipothymy, lotus-eating, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, nirvana, nirvana principle, nod, nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness, palsy, paralysis, paraplegia, paresis, passiveness, passivity, polio, poliomyelitis, reverie, sedation, semiconsciousness, senselessness, sensory paralysis, shock, sleep, sleeping sickness, sleepwalking, somnambulism, sopor, stagnancy, stagnation, stasis, stroke, stupor, suspense, swoon, syncope, thanatosis, torpor, trance, unconsciousness, vegetation, vis inertiae |
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