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What is a catalepsy?

What is a catalepsy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (pathology) severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions
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At other times he sat hour by hour in a state as motionless as that of catalepsy.
Most likely a state of catalepsy, but he was buried and none thought a second time about it.
Some have suggested catalepsy, a nervous condition that causes muscular rigidity, insensitivity to external stimuli and weak respiration.
It causes out-of-body experiences or catalepsy, when people are unable to move, sometimes for up to 12 hours.
If catalepsy is a possession, acatalepsy is the state of ultimate freedom, and the condition of transcendental ignorance.
Indications that patients were in hypnosis included observation of eyelid fluttering, catalepsy, and slowed respiration.

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