Cataleptic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with catalepsy.
  • noun. A person affected with catalepsy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or affected by, catalepsy.
  • noun. A person experiencing catalepsy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy
  • noun. a person suffering from catalepsy
  • Word Usage
    "It has been mentioned that in many so-called cataleptic cases, a condition of violent spasm is constantly present, _except_ when the patient falls into an alternative state of trance."