CATALEPSY


Meaning of CATALEPSY in English

n. a state of trance or seizure with loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body. cataleptic adj. & n.

[ F catalepsie or LL catalepsia f. Gk katalepsis (as CATA-, lepsis seizure) ]

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