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		Definition of cataplexy in English: cataplexynoun ˈkatəˌplɛksiˈkædəˌplɛksi mass nounA medical condition in which strong emotion or laughter causes a person to suffer sudden physical collapse though remaining conscious.  Example sentencesExamples -  There are two main classes of antidepressant used for treating cataplexy - the Tricyclic antidepressants and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs).
 -  Other symptoms such as cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone) with bucking of the knee and fall or drooping of the neck - which may be provoked by emotions like laughter, amusement or anger - can occur.
 -  While medication and naps helped her deal with narcolepsy, no proven treatment for cataplexy has been found.
 -  Not enough people suffer from cataplexy for a major drug company to bother investing in research and development of this medicine.
 -  You will often also experience cataplexy (sudden loss of muscular control) triggered by emotion, especially amusement, anger, and elation.
 -  The combination of daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations suggested narcolepsy.
 -  The patient had no change in weight and denied any symptoms of cataplexy.
 -  I have Narcolepsy and as a result I experience cataplexy, automatic behavior, sleep paralysis, microsleeps, and hypnagogic hallucinations.
 -  This debilitating disorder manifests itself in other symptoms, such as cataplexy.
 -  Children do not experience cataplexy or hypnagogic hallucination as frequently as adults do.
 -  My major problem now is cataplexy associated with emotion, usually laughter.
 
 
 Origin   Late 19th century: from Greek kataplēxis 'stupefaction', from kataplessein, from kata- 'down' + plēssein 'strike'.    Definition of cataplexy in US English: cataplexynounˈkædəˌplɛksiˈkadəˌpleksē A medical condition in which strong emotion or laughter causes a person to suffer sudden physical collapse though remaining conscious.  Example sentencesExamples -  While medication and naps helped her deal with narcolepsy, no proven treatment for cataplexy has been found.
 -  You will often also experience cataplexy (sudden loss of muscular control) triggered by emotion, especially amusement, anger, and elation.
 -  The patient had no change in weight and denied any symptoms of cataplexy.
 -  This debilitating disorder manifests itself in other symptoms, such as cataplexy.
 -  Not enough people suffer from cataplexy for a major drug company to bother investing in research and development of this medicine.
 -  Other symptoms such as cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone) with bucking of the knee and fall or drooping of the neck - which may be provoked by emotions like laughter, amusement or anger - can occur.
 -  The combination of daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations suggested narcolepsy.
 -  There are two main classes of antidepressant used for treating cataplexy - the Tricyclic antidepressants and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs).
 -  I have Narcolepsy and as a result I experience cataplexy, automatic behavior, sleep paralysis, microsleeps, and hypnagogic hallucinations.
 -  My major problem now is cataplexy associated with emotion, usually laughter.
 -  Children do not experience cataplexy or hypnagogic hallucination as frequently as adults do.
 
 
 Origin   Late 19th century: from Greek kataplēxis ‘stupefaction’, from kataplessein, from kata- ‘down’ + plēssein ‘strike’.     |