catalepsy
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We think now he probably suffered from catalepsy, a nervous condition that causes muscular rigidity.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
"Sometimes our people get happy and skip around a bit," she said, "but . . . we don't have any catalepsy or epilepsy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Whelan scrapped the result, not for lack of merit, but because he decided it could only evoke ten show-stopping minutes of caterwauling and catalepsy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eleanor Roosevelt's frilly white collar turned to sponge; her smile froze into catalepsy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Odelin still gazed, motionless, his arms crossed over his breast, and rigid as if in a state of catalepsy.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
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