Catalepsy and Rigor

Catalepsy

Catalepsy noun - A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli.
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Synonyms for Catalepsy

Rigor and catalepsy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rigor" instead a noun "Catalepsy".

Nearby Word: cataleptic

Rigor

Rigor noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

Catalepsy and rigor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catalepsy" instead a noun "Rigor".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Catalepsy is a medical condition in which the sufferer will sometimes enter a rigor mortis-like state in which they appear to be dead.
    Source: Faux Death
  • Videogame / Dark Tales Faux Death: As the game progresses, you learn that Victorine was diagnosed with catalepsy, a medical condition which causes the sufferer to enter a rigor mortis-like state easily mistaken for death (at least in Poe's time).
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