CATALEPSY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("catalepsy" is a kind of...):

hypersomnia (an inability to stay awake)

Derivation:

cataleptic (of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy)

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