Definition of Catalepsy. Meaning of Catalepsy. Synonyms of Catalepsy

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Definition of Catalepsy

Catalepsy
Catalepsy 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.

Meaning of Catalepsy from wikipedia

- Catalepsy (from Ancient Gr**** katálēpsis, κατάληψις, "seizing, grasping") is a nervous condition characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of posture...
- States. Catalepsy is a nervous disorder characterized by immobility and muscular rigidity, along with a decreased sensitivity to pain. Catalepsy is considered...
- During a heated argument with Roderick, Madeline suddenly falls into catalepsy, a condition in which its sufferers appear dead. Roderick knows that she...
- environment while having access to mental support. Waxy flexibility and catalepsy are both posturing symptoms of catatonia. Both are symptoms describing...
- Catalepsy is an American deathcore band formed in 2004. They have released one EP, Godless, and three studio albums, Iniquity, Bleed and Abomination of...
- at D1-like and D2-like receptors[citation needed] but does not cause catalepsy in mice, perhaps because of its anticholinergic activity. Meclizine is...
- dopamine-receptor blockade: decrease of spontaneous motor activity, chills, catalepsy, trance-like states of consciousness. Nuciferine has been reported to...
- staring, negativism, posturing (rigidity), rigidity, waxy flexibility/catalepsy, stereotypy (purposeless, repetitive movements), echolalia or echopraxia...
- and he offers her a potion that will put her into a deathlike coma or catalepsy for "two and forty hours". The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform...
- "attacks of the singular disorder which physicians have agreed to term catalepsy", a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance. This leads...