单词 | hystero-catalepsy |
释义 | > as lemmashystero-catalepsy hystero-catalepsy n. Brit. , U.S. now historical and rare the condition of catalepsy, or a state resembling catalepsy, attributed to hysteria. [Compare French hystéro-catalepsie (1842 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1864 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 211/2 The symptoms..were of one general character, partaking, especially as to the muscular phenomena, of the nature of hysteria, or hystero-catalepsy. 1937 A. Crocker Without Regrets viii. 61 The medical opinion was that he had died of a rare and peculiar disease, Hystero-Catalepsy. 2012 B. H. Wiley Thought Reader Craze xiv. 130 Bishop's death certificate..gave the cause of death as hystero-catalepsy. < as lemmas |
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