Catalepsy
Definitions
A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
Equivalents
13 more languages
Češtinakatalepsie
Ελληνικάκαταληψία
Esperantokatalepsio
Suomikatalepsia
日本語カタレプシー
한국어강경증
Polskikatalepsja
Portuguêscatalepsia
Românăcatalepsie
Русскийкаталепси́я
Examples
“"But they could not have⟳ been asleep!" cried Lord John. "Dash it all, Challenger, you don't mean⟳ to believe⟳ that those folk were asleep with their staring eyes and stiff limbs and that awful death grin on their faces!" "It can only have⟳ been the condition that is called catalepsy," said Challenger.”
“I was furious with Edgar Allan Poe for writing so accurately about this. His tales of catalepsy and live⟳ burial poisoned my childhood, and still killed me.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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