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CATALEPTIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from catalepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)

Derivation:

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy

Example:

cataleptic state

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)

Derivation:

catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)

cataleptic (a person suffering from catalepsy)

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