different between catalepsy vs cataplexy
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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cataplexy
English
Etymology
From German Kataplexie, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katápl?xis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæt?pl?ksi/
Noun
cataplexy (countable and uncountable, plural cataplexies)
- (medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
Translations
Further reading
- cataplexy at OneLook Dictionary Search
cataplexy From the web:
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