different between cataleptic vs catalepsy
cataleptic
English
Adjective
cataleptic (comparative more cataleptic, superlative most cataleptic)
- Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.
Noun
cataleptic (plural cataleptics)
- A person experiencing catalepsy.
Translations
Anagrams
- catapeltic
Romanian
Etymology
From French cataleptique, from Latin catalepticus.
Adjective
cataleptic m or n (feminine singular cataleptic?, masculine plural cataleptici, feminine and neuter plural cataleptice)
- cataleptic
Declension
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catalepsy
English
Alternative forms
- catalepsis (dated)
Etymology
From cata- +? -lepsy; ultimately from Ancient Greek ????????? (katál?psis, “act of seizing”), from ??????????? (katalambán?, “I seize”), from ???? (katá, “against”) + ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).
Noun
catalepsy (plural catalepsies)
- (pathology) severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 190]:
- 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.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 190]:
Derived terms
- cataleptic
- cataleptoid
Related terms
- catatonic
- catatonia
Translations
See also
- catalepsy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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