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Catalepsy vs Cataplexy - What's the difference?

catalepsy | cataplexy |

As nouns the difference between catalepsy and cataplexy

is that catalepsy is severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions while cataplexy is an abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.

catalepsy

English

Noun

(catalepsies)
  • (pathology) severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions

    • Derived terms

    * cataleptic * cataleptoid

    Related terms

    * catatonic * catatonia

    See also

    * (wikipedia "catalepsy")

    cataplexy

    English

    (wikipedia cataplexy)

    Noun

    (cataplexies)
  • (medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
    • English words prefixed with cata-