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catalepsy

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkætəˌlɛpsi/Part of speech nounSorted aacelpstyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

Word origin

From Ancient Greek κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), from καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “to seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). By surface analysis, cata- + -lepsy.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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