Catalepsy vs Epilepsy - What's the difference?
catalepsy | epilepsy |
(pathology) severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
In pathology terms the difference between catalepsy and epilepsy
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 epilepsy is a medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.catalepsy
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(catalepsies)Derived terms
* cataleptic * cataleptoidSee also
* (wikipedia "catalepsy")epilepsy
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(wikipedia epilepsy)Noun
- Epilepsies , or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.