'Catalepsy' definitions:
Definition of 'catalepsy'
From: WordNet
noun
A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
Definition of 'Catalepsy'
From: GCIDE
- Catalepsy \Cat"a*lep`sy\, Catalepsis \Cat`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. ? a seizure, fr. ? to seize upon; kata` down + ? to take, seize.] (Med.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'catalepsy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- amnesia,
- apathy,
- apoplexy,
- blackout,
- cataplexy,
- catatonia,
- catatonic stupor,
- catatony,
- coma,
- daydreaming,
- daze,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- diplegia,
- dormancy,
- dream state,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- entropy,
- faint,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- grayout,
- hemiplegia,
- high,
- hypnotic trance,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- infantile paralysis,
- kayo,
- knockout,
- KO,
- languor,
- latency,
- lethargy,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- lotus-eating,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcolepsy,
- narcoma,
- narcosis,
- narcotic stupor,
- narcotization,
- nirvana,
- nirvana principle,
- nod,
- nothingness,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- palsy,
- paralysis,
- paraplegia,
- paresis,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- reverie,
- sedation,
- semiconsciousness,
- senselessness,
- sensory paralysis,
- shock,
- sleep,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepwalking,
- somnambulism,
- sopor,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stasis,
- stroke,
- stupor,
- suspense,
- swoon,
- syncope,
- thanatosis,
- torpor,
- trance,
- unconsciousness,
- vegetation,
- vis inertiae