Catalepsy
11catalepsy — noun severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions See Also: catatonic, catatonia …
12Catalepsy — The state of persisting in unusual postures or facial expressions, regardless of outside stimuli, as is seen in schizophrenia and some other diseases of the nervous system. * * * A condition characterized by waxy rigidity of the limbs, which may… …
13catalepsy — Synonyms and related words: KO, abeyance, amnesia, apathy, apoplexy, blackout, cataplexy, catatonia, catatonic stupor, catatony, coma, daydreaming, daze, deadliness, deathliness, diplegia, dormancy, dream state, encephalitis lethargica, entropy,… …
14catalepsy — n. (Medicine) muscular rigidity and lack of contact with the environment (associated with schizophrenia) …
15catalepsy — [ kat(ə)lɛpsi] noun a medical condition characterized by a trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body. Derivatives cataleptic adjective &noun Origin ME: from Fr. catalepsie or late L.… …
16catalepsy — n. (Med.) Trance …
17catalepsy — noun (U) a medical condition in which you cannot control your movements so that your body becomes stiff like a dead body or remains in whatever position it is placed cataleptic adjective …
18catalepsy — cat·a·lep·sy …
19catalepsy — n. the abnormal maintenance of postures, occurring in catatonia. These may have arisen spontaneously or they may be induced by the examiner …
20catalepsy — UK [ˈkætəˌlepsɪ] / US [ˈkætlˌepsɪ] noun [uncountable] medical a medical condition in which you become unconscious and your body becomes stiff and fixed in position …
