Definition of catalepsy in English:

catalepsy

noun ˈkat(ə)lɛpsiˈkædlˌɛpsi

mass noun

A medical condition characterized by a trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body.
Example sentencesExamples
- The hysterics' observable disorders, such as catalepsy, as well as their visual experiences, including hallucination and delirium, were deemed manifest content and, as such, not to be taken at face value.
- Furthermore, high dose morphine is well reported as a cause of rigidity, catalepsy, akathisia, and myoclonus, which must add to the difficulty of interpreting pain on the basis of observation alone.
- Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing/stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features.
- The term ‘atypical’ was originally used to describe drugs that in animal models predict antipsychotic effects but do not produce catalepsy, most notably clozapine.
- Admittedly, he suffers from a strange illness which doctors merely call catalepsy, when the muscles become stiff and rigid.
- It causes out-of-body experiences or catalepsy, when people are unable to move, sometimes for up to 12 hours.
- The mere prospect of having to recount a personal anecdote plunges me into boredom verging on catalepsy.
- A spokesperson for the cemetery told the newspaper: ‘We want to be pioneers and avoid catalepsy cases, in which a person gets completely paralysed for a few hours and ends up buried as if they were dead.’
- ‘Atypicality’ was initially defined as the inability to induce catalepsy in laboratory animals (as the old, ‘typical’, conventional agents can do).
- Indications that patients were in hypnosis included observation of eyelid fluttering, catalepsy, and slowed respiration.

Derivatives

cataleptic

adjective kat(ə)ˈlɛptɪkˌkædlˈɛptɪk

Affected by or characteristic of catalepsy.
he began to have cataleptic trances during which he saw visions
Example sentencesExamples
- It was postulated that there could have been a particularly nasty strain of rabies - now extinct - in the Middle Ages that caused its sufferers to fall into a cataleptic coma that mocked death.
- Poor William was so traumatised by this procedure that he suffered a cataleptic fit that his relatives took for death.
- Among other things, he was prone to seizures and cataleptic fits.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French catalepsie or late Latin catalepsia, from Greek katalēpsis, from katalambanein 'seize upon'.

Definition of catalepsy in US English:

catalepsy

nounˈkadlˌepsēˈkædlˌɛpsi

A medical condition characterized by a trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body.
Example sentencesExamples
- The term ‘atypical’ was originally used to describe drugs that in animal models predict antipsychotic effects but do not produce catalepsy, most notably clozapine.
- A spokesperson for the cemetery told the newspaper: ‘We want to be pioneers and avoid catalepsy cases, in which a person gets completely paralysed for a few hours and ends up buried as if they were dead.’
- Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing/stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features.
- Indications that patients were in hypnosis included observation of eyelid fluttering, catalepsy, and slowed respiration.
- The mere prospect of having to recount a personal anecdote plunges me into boredom verging on catalepsy.
- It causes out-of-body experiences or catalepsy, when people are unable to move, sometimes for up to 12 hours.
- The hysterics' observable disorders, such as catalepsy, as well as their visual experiences, including hallucination and delirium, were deemed manifest content and, as such, not to be taken at face value.
- Admittedly, he suffers from a strange illness which doctors merely call catalepsy, when the muscles become stiff and rigid.
- Furthermore, high dose morphine is well reported as a cause of rigidity, catalepsy, akathisia, and myoclonus, which must add to the difficulty of interpreting pain on the basis of observation alone.
- ‘Atypicality’ was initially defined as the inability to induce catalepsy in laboratory animals (as the old, ‘typical’, conventional agents can do).

Origin

Late Middle English: from French catalepsie or late Latin catalepsia, from Greek katalēpsis, from katalambanein ‘seize upon’.

单词	catalepsy
释义	Definition of catalepsy in English: catalepsy noun ˈkat(ə)lɛpsiˈkædlˌɛpsi mass noun A medical condition characterized by a trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body. Example sentencesExamples The hysterics' observable disorders, such as catalepsy, as well as their visual experiences, including hallucination and delirium, were deemed manifest content and, as such, not to be taken at face value. Furthermore, high dose morphine is well reported as a cause of rigidity, catalepsy, akathisia, and myoclonus, which must add to the difficulty of interpreting pain on the basis of observation alone. Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing/stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features. The term ‘atypical’ was originally used to describe drugs that in animal models predict antipsychotic effects but do not produce catalepsy, most notably clozapine. Admittedly, he suffers from a strange illness which doctors merely call catalepsy, when the muscles become stiff and rigid. It causes out-of-body experiences or catalepsy, when people are unable to move, sometimes for up to 12 hours. The mere prospect of having to recount a personal anecdote plunges me into boredom verging on catalepsy. A spokesperson for the cemetery told the newspaper: ‘We want to be pioneers and avoid catalepsy cases, in which a person gets completely paralysed for a few hours and ends up buried as if they were dead.’ ‘Atypicality’ was initially defined as the inability to induce catalepsy in laboratory animals (as the old, ‘typical’, conventional agents can do). Indications that patients were in hypnosis included observation of eyelid fluttering, catalepsy, and slowed respiration. Derivatives cataleptic adjective kat(ə)ˈlɛptɪkˌkædlˈɛptɪk Affected by or characteristic of catalepsy. he began to have cataleptic trances during which he saw visions Example sentencesExamples It was postulated that there could have been a particularly nasty strain of rabies - now extinct - in the Middle Ages that caused its sufferers to fall into a cataleptic coma that mocked death. Poor William was so traumatised by this procedure that he suffered a cataleptic fit that his relatives took for death. Among other things, he was prone to seizures and cataleptic fits. Origin Late Middle English: from French catalepsie or late Latin catalepsia, from Greek katalēpsis, from katalambanein 'seize upon'. Definition of catalepsy in US English: catalepsy nounˈkadlˌepsēˈkædlˌɛpsi A medical condition characterized by a trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body. Example sentencesExamples The term ‘atypical’ was originally used to describe drugs that in animal models predict antipsychotic effects but do not produce catalepsy, most notably clozapine. A spokesperson for the cemetery told the newspaper: ‘We want to be pioneers and avoid catalepsy cases, in which a person gets completely paralysed for a few hours and ends up buried as if they were dead.’ Stupor or catalepsy, mutism, posturing/grimacing/stereotypy, echolalia or echopraxia and excessive motor activity were the main catatonic features. Indications that patients were in hypnosis included observation of eyelid fluttering, catalepsy, and slowed respiration. The mere prospect of having to recount a personal anecdote plunges me into boredom verging on catalepsy. It causes out-of-body experiences or catalepsy, when people are unable to move, sometimes for up to 12 hours. The hysterics' observable disorders, such as catalepsy, as well as their visual experiences, including hallucination and delirium, were deemed manifest content and, as such, not to be taken at face value. Admittedly, he suffers from a strange illness which doctors merely call catalepsy, when the muscles become stiff and rigid. Furthermore, high dose morphine is well reported as a cause of rigidity, catalepsy, akathisia, and myoclonus, which must add to the difficulty of interpreting pain on the basis of observation alone. ‘Atypicality’ was initially defined as the inability to induce catalepsy in laboratory animals (as the old, ‘typical’, conventional agents can do). Origin Late Middle English: from French catalepsie or late Latin catalepsia, from Greek katalēpsis, from katalambanein ‘seize upon’.
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