Look up: catalepsy


  1. Catalepsy
    Catalepsy (from gr. κατάληψις "catch") is a nervous condition characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of posture regardless of external stimuli, as well as decreased sensitivity to pain. Catalepsy is also a term used by hypnotists to refer to the state of making a hypnotised subject`...
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  2. catalepsy
    [n] - a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=catalepsy

  3. Catalepsy
    Trance like state coming on suddenly as in a fit. Probably hysterical but some cases are genuine
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Catalepsy
    seizure or a trance like state
    Found op http://www.thornber.net/medicine/html/medgloss.html

  5. Catalepsy
    Catalepsy: 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.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=11104

  6. Catalepsy
    Cat'a·lep`sy Cat`a*lep'sis noun [ New Latin catalepsis , from Greek ... a seizure, from ... to seize upon; kata` down + ... to take, seize.] (Medicine) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and l...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/34

  7. catalepsy
    Sustained immobility of postures or physical attitude. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?catalepsy

  8. catalepsy
    noun a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=catalepsy

  9. catalepsy
    (kat´ә-lep″se) a condition of diminished responsiveness, usually with the person immobile and in a trancelike state, often with waxy flexibility; it may accompany a mental illness such as catatonic schizophrenia or a physical condition such as epilepsy or a cerebellar disorder, and it c...
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  1. Catalepsy
    • (n.) Alt. of Catalepsis
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/catalepsy/

  2. Catalepsy
    The action of feigning death; induced by disturbance.
    Found op http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Spiderglossary.htm

  3. catalepsy
    catalepsy (kăt'ulep"sē) , pathological condition characterized by a loss of consciousness accompanied by rigidity of muscles that keeps limbs in any position in which they are placed. Attacks vary from several minutes to days and occur in a variety of clinical syndromes, most fre...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0810817.html

  4. Catalepsy
    Catalepsy is a disease characterised by seizures or trances which last for hours or days with a suspension of sensation and consciousness.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/EC.HTM

  5. catalepsy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kat′ă-lep′sē Definitions: 1. A condition characterized by waxy rigidity of the limbs, which may be placed in various positions that are maintained for a time, lack of response to stimuli, mutism, and inactivity; occurs with some psychoses, especially c...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=14932

  6. Catalepsy
    seizures/trances
    Found op http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/disease.shtml

  7. Catalepsy
    Similar to a catatonic state, catalepsy occurs when a subject freezes in almost any abnormal posture in which he or she is placed (waxy flexibility). In earlier centuries observers thought they were seized or in a trance.
    Found op http://mckechnies.net/family/_references/medical.htm

  8. Catalepsy
    [band] Catalepsy is an American Deathcore band formed in 2004. To date they have had three releases - one EP, Godless, and two studio albums, Iniquity and Bleed. ==History== Catalepsy was founded in 2004. Rob Walden is the only founding member still with the band. In 2008, the band finished ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalepsy_(band)

  9. catalepsy
    1) Hypersomnia
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/catalepsy/1

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