catalepsy
noun/ˈkætəlepsi/
/ˈkætəlepsi/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition in which somebody’s body becomes stiff and they become unconscious for a short timeWord Originlate Middle English: from French catalepsie or late Latin catalepsia, from Greek katalēpsis, from katalambanein ‘seize upon’.
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