catalepsy

• n. [内科] 强直性昏厥；全身僵硬症；[内科] 僵住症

cata-, 向下。-lep, 抓住，词源同lemma, syllable.

1. a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

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).