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Catalepsy: The state of persisting in unusual postures or facial expressions, regardless of outside stimuli, as is seen in schizophrenia and some other diseases of the nervous system.
n. , pl. , -sies . A condition characterized by lack of response to external stimuli and by muscular rigidity, so that the limbs remain in whatever position they are ...
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catalepsy /cat·a·lep·sy/ (-lep″se) indefinitely prolonged maintenance of a fixed body posture; seen in severe cases of catatonic schizophrenia.
noun Pathology, Psychiatry . a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity ...
CATALEPSY (from Gr. Kararphs, a seizure), a term applied to a nervous affection characterized by the sudden suspension of sensation and volition, accompanied with a ...