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.

Derivatives:

cataleptic adj. & n.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.