catalepsy
英 ['kæt(ə)lepsɪ]
美 ['kætəlɛpsi]
- n. [内科] 强直性昏厥；全身僵硬症；[内科] 僵住症
catalepsy 僵住症cata-, 向下。-lep, 抓住，词源同lemma, syllable.
- catalepsy (n.)
- late 14c., cathalempsia, from Medieval Latin catalepsia, from Late Latin catalepsis, from Greek katalepsis "a seizure, a seizing upon, a taking possession," from kataleptos "seized," from katalambanein "to seize upon," from kata- "down" (see cata-) + lambanein "to take" (see analemma).
