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CATALEPTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person suffering from catalepsy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cataleptic" is a kind of...):
psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)
Derivation:
cataleptic (of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy
Example:
cataleptic state
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)
Derivation:
catalepsy (a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli)
cataleptic (a person suffering from catalepsy)
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